Alcorn examines qualities of student resistance to new and uncomfortable information and proposes methods for teachers to work productively with such resistance. Drawing on research from numerous disciplines showing how emotion grounds human reason, he outlines an agenda that makes emotional experience central to educational practice.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: M. Alcorn
EAN: 9781349433971
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 2679 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-09-20
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GENRE: EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Cognition and cognitive psychology, Education, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational psychology, Higher education, tertiary education
"Providing an understanding of how human communication, interaction, and reason are grounded in emotion, Alcorn has produced a work useful to teachers at every level, especially those at the university level. Rich with examples and cases that exemplify the points raised, the work provides fertile grounds for discussion and analysis of a topical, important subject." CHOICE
Marshall Wise Alcorn Jr. is Professor in the Department of English of The George Washington University, USA.
