The psychological capital of foreign language teachers 

• Living and Thriving with Mental Illness – Article by Alex Holloway
   

• Action for Happiness – A program designed to help you improve your own personal happiness. They also offer a free “10 Days of Happiness” program.
   

• Every life matters charity - Wellbeing and mental health during Covid-19:A guide to looking after yourself and others
   

• The Science of Well Being - Free online course via Coursera
   

• Greater Good Magazine - Published by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
   

• Mappalicious - 20 TED Talks on Well-being
   

• UNESCO - Education for Health and Well-being
   

• Positive News - Magazine for good journalism about the good things that are happening.
   

• The global analysis of wellbeing report - Oxford Foundation for Knowledge Exchange.
   

• Wellbeing manifesto for a flourishing society - nef, an independent think-and-do tank
   

• Wise Quatar Foundation - Promoting youth wellbeing through health and education
   

• Nicola Sturgeon - Why governments should prioritize well-being
   

• Matthieu Ricard - The habits of happiness
   

• Mercer, S. (2021). An agenda for well-being in ELT: an ecological perspective. ELT Journal, 75(1), 1-8. Doi: 10.1093/elt/ccaa062.
   

• Eyre, C. (2017). The Elephant in the Staffroom. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Elephant-in-the-Staffroom-How-to-reduce-stress-and-improve-teacher/Eyre/p/book/9781138681484
  (An excellent practical book that discusses the nature of teacher stress.) 
   

• ​​King, J. (2016). “It’s time, put on the smile, it’s time!”: The emotional labour of second language teaching within a Japanese university. In C. Gkonou, D. Tatzl, & S. Mercer (Eds.), New Directions in Language Learning Psychology. (pp. 97-112). Dordrecht: Springer.  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-23491-5_7 
  (Teacher emotional labour and classroom emotions are key topics, especially for language teaching.)
   

• Luthans, F., Youssef-Morgan, C. M., Avolio, B. J. (2015). Psychological Capital and beyond. New York: Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/psychological-capital-and-beyond-9780199316472?cc=at&lang=en&
  (An excellent introduction to the construct of psychological capital which is the focus of our research with language teachers across the career trajectory.) 
   

• Mercer, S., & Kostoulas, A. (Eds.). (2018). Language Teacher Psychology. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?K=9781783099450
  (This edited collection of papers examines various aspects of language teacher psychology. It is one of the few books in our field to specifically address this area of research.)
   

• ​Schutz, P. A., & Zembylas, M. (Eds.). (2009). Advances in teacher emotion research: The impact on teachers' lives. Dordrecht: Springer.  https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781441905635 
  (A key resource examining role of emotions in teachers' professional lives and work through general education and psychology.)
   

• Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish. New York: Free Press. http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-25554-000
  (The father of positive psychology outlines his PERMA theory of wellbeing. It is one of the key frameworks that underlies our project.)
   

• Skaalvik, E.M., & Skaalvik, S. (2010). Teacher self-efficacy and teacher burnout: A study of relations. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(4), 1059-1069. DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.11.001
  (This study explores relations between teachers' perceptions about concepts such as teacher self-efficacy, teacher believes, school contexts, and burnout.)
   

• Hiver, P., & Dörnyei, Z. (2017). Language teacher immunity: A double-edged sword. Applied Linguistics, 38(3), 405-423. DOI: 10.1093/applin/amv034
  (In this paper, Hiver and Dörnyei introduce the term "teacher immunity", which functions like a "indispensable armor" that protects teachers and helps them to cope with school-related stress and adversities.)
   

• A very insightful and interesting TED Talk given by Nicola Sturgeon (2018) - Why government should prioritize well-being.
  See at: https://www.ted.com/talks/nicola_sturgeon_why_governments_should_prioritize_well_being?fbclid=IwAR1yaS_q0N-54KFD7X3X_9AZGOQxXXTw6Bo0TRG3dUcDaRUOlCjC4YUY8A0.
   

• Find useful information and resources for language teachers and learners, and about well-being in general. Visit Research group for well-being in language education website: https://wellbeing-language-education.uni-graz.at/en/.
   

• If you are interested in new trends in education in the year 2020, we suggest "The five education trends to watch in 2020". 
   

• Enroll in Yale's most popular online class: "The science of well-being".

​

​

​