Scaping the Soul of Curriculum: Exploring Curricular Experiences

• In Event: Centering Care, Healing, and Representation: A Response to the Emotional Experiences of Learning (to Teach)

Abstract

The emotional distress in children and youth has concerned the educational community, leading to studies about such distress in relation to chronic illness, trauma, and bullying. Excessive curricular and assessment demands increase stress on people in schools. Yet, investigations of the intersections between the emotional distress people in schools experience and the curriculum are scarce. This self-study of practice explores the emotional distress a student, classroom teacher, and current researcher experienced across their life in schools. It offers insights gained from an exploration of curriculum through an emotional lens. Revealing the knowledge and practice of someone who has experienced emotional distress in relation to the curriculum provides necessary insight into the emotional needs of people in schools.

Author

• Chelsea Cole, Texas A&M University