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Mental toughness: its relevance to teaching

Earle, Fiona; Clough, Peter

Authors

Peter Clough



Contributors

Doug Strycharczyk
Editor

Peter Clough
Editor

Abstract

This chapter discusses some of the challenges in the real world and how an understanding of mental toughness might help. Areas that relate to mental toughness include: dealing with stress; optimising and understanding the learning environment and dealing with change. Teaching is widely recognised as being one of the most stressful jobs. HSE research in 2000 found teaching to be the most stressful profession in the UK, with forty-one and a half per cent of teachers reporting themselves as "highly stressed". Bullying and being bullied are major issues in any educational environment. There are many excellent ideas and techniques to help maximise the learning experience. However many of these share a central problem—they fail to fully take into account individual difference. Change is ever present in education. Mentally tough individuals tend to crave change and can become easily bored with routine.

Citation

Earle, F., & Clough, P. (2014). Mental toughness: its relevance to teaching. In D. Strycharczyk, & P. Clough (Eds.), Developing Mental Toughness in Young People: Approaches to Achievement, Well-being, Employability, and Positive Behaviour. Karnac Books

Online Publication Date Apr 17, 2018
Publication Date Aug 8, 2014
Deposit Date Sep 24, 2024
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Book Title Developing Mental Toughness in Young People: Approaches to Achievement, Well-being, Employability, and Positive Behaviour
Chapter Number 3
ISBN 9780367323097 ; 9781782200055
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4835022