"I hope that is comes across to the children that I am there as a human being": teachers' embodiment in the digital era
Keränen, Virve; Uitto, Minna; Lutovac, Sonja; Cekaite, Asta (2025-04-21)
Taylor & Francis
21.04.2025
Keränen, V., Uitto, M., Lutovac, S., & Cekaite, A. (2025). “I hope that it comes across to the children that I am there as a human being”: teachers’ embodiment in the digital era. European Journal of Teacher Education, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2025.2495002
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202504232848
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202504232848
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Abstract
Although teachers’ work is embodied, embodiment has not been widely discussed with reference to teachers’ work or teacher education. The digital era has changed teachers’ work in many ways, including their embodiment, as digital technologies are part of everyday life in schools. Hence, teachers’ embodiment in the digital era requires critical reflection. This study contributes to this reflection in three ways. First, we explore teachers’ embodiment in the digital era. Second, we argue that teachers feel the digitalisation in their bodies in a number of ways. Third, we suggest that teachers need to be supported in navigating their embodied work, starting with teacher education. In this study we intertwine thinking with data and theories of embodiment. The data consists of 25 narrative interviews with Finnish teachers, analysed by applying heuristic analysis.
Although teachers’ work is embodied, embodiment has not been widely discussed with reference to teachers’ work or teacher education. The digital era has changed teachers’ work in many ways, including their embodiment, as digital technologies are part of everyday life in schools. Hence, teachers’ embodiment in the digital era requires critical reflection. This study contributes to this reflection in three ways. First, we explore teachers’ embodiment in the digital era. Second, we argue that teachers feel the digitalisation in their bodies in a number of ways. Third, we suggest that teachers need to be supported in navigating their embodied work, starting with teacher education. In this study we intertwine thinking with data and theories of embodiment. The data consists of 25 narrative interviews with Finnish teachers, analysed by applying heuristic analysis.
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