Ignoring the emotion strategy neither recognizes nor explores the displayed emotion, closing the discursive space¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-19 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? When facilitators ignore teacher emotional displays by redirecting or continuing without attending to the emotion, they neither recognize nor explore it. → Dana Vedder-Weiss 2025

Evidence¶

Dana Vedder-Weiss 2025¶

Dana Vedder-Weiss, Rotem Tractenberg-Maslaton, Karin Sarfati-Shaulov. (2025). Facilitation strategies responding to emotional displays in PD discourse: navigating relational and learning goals. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-025-09737-4

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Linguistic ethnographic microanalysis of a video-recorded PD episode where a teacher expressed weariness about monotonous teaching; the facilitator continued writing and redirected with "Okay, what else?" The article concludes "Ignoring the emotion, the facilitator did not recognize nor explore it."

"Ignoring the emotion, the facilitator did not recognize nor explore it (Fig. 2)."

Discussion¶

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