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SUMMARY:Language Teacher Wellbeing: Dispelling Myths\, Complexifying Const
 ructs\, and Setting an Agenda (Cambridge Distinguished Lecture on Second L
 anguage Learning and Teaching 2020-2021) - Professor Sara Mercer\, Univers
 ity of Graz
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nWellbeing is vital for positive human functioning.
  Yet\, despite its importance\, the construct has been subject to numerous
  understandings in ways which have made it a target for criticism. In this
  talk\, I seek to establish a theoretical basis for understanding wellbein
 g\, reflecting on how it has been used in research\, problematising simpli
 stic perspectives\, and elucidating on empirical work carried out by the r
 esearch team in Graz. Teacher wellbeing is a cornerstone of good practice 
 and all stakeholders benefit when teachers are supported in their professi
 onal roles. As such\, it is imperative that we expand the research agenda 
 on this critical construct.\n\nBio\n\nSarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign
  Language Teaching at the University Graz\, Austria\, where she is Head of
  ELT methodology. Her research interests include all aspects of the psycho
 logy surrounding the foreign language learning experience. She is the auth
 or\, co-author and co-editor of several books in this area. She has been P
 rincipal Investigator on various funded research projects and serves in nu
 merous editorial boards. She is currently vice-president of the Internatio
 nal Association for the Psychology of Language Learning (IAPLL). In 2018\,
  she was awarded the Robert C Gardner Award for excellence in second langu
 age research by the International Association of Language and Social Psych
 ology (IALSP). 
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