The Role of Tutor-Student Emotional Management on Teaching Quality in Higher Education Institutions in China
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Keywords
emotions, higher education, China, strategies
Abstract
The ability to manage emotions is critical to the development of higher education. In this study, in order to enrich the literature on higher education in China, a total of five students were interviewed about their perceptions of their own and their tutors' emotion management. The results showed that the impact of emotion management on teaching quality was significant. The study also found that there are many challenges in carrying out emotion management in the Chinese higher education environment, and strategies are needed to address emotions in order to improve the current situation.
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