Teacher Dreams And Nightmares

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We explore the alleged phenomenon of teachers getting bad dreams and nightmares more often than everyone else starting with several engineering teachers most memorable ones Do other teachers really get these dreams Why do they get them What should they do about them if anything Based on a little reading and communication with experts we developed some preliminary answers to those questions Resources mentioned in this episode Research on dream content and emotions Thematic and Content Analysis of Idiopathic Nightmares and Bad Dreams Robert Zadra 2014 http www journalsleep org viewabstract aspx pid 29326 Research on dream frequency and themes Nightmare frequency and nightmare topics in a representative German sample Schredl 2010 https www ncbi nlm nih gov pubmed 20229263 book Website of Roxanna Elden author of the book See Me After Class http roxannaelden com The Disillisionment Power Pack email series http roxannaelden com 2015 09 announcing-the-new-teacher-disillusionment-power-pack What are Dreams PBS Nova documentary http www pbs org wgbh nova body what-are-dreams html Research on the transactional stress model theory in teachers Identification of Elementary Teachers Risk for Stress and Vocational Concerns Using the National Schools and Staffing Survey Lambert McCarthy Fitchett Lineback Reiser 2015 http dx doi org 10 14507 epaa v23 1792 TeacherPop org a teachers mental health blog http teacherpop org Our opening music comes from School Zone radio edit by The Honorable Sleaze Our closing music is from Late for School by Bleeptor Both are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses https creativecommons org licenses by 4 0 Subscribe and find more podcast information at http www k12engineering netClick here to visit this podcast episode