Early Childhood Teachers’ Emotional Labour

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NZ International Research in Early Childhood Education journal

Research looking into how early childhood education (ECE) teachers experience emotional labour in their work – their workloads, emotional involvement, and work-life balance. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.

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