Beschreibung:
"Emotions fundamentally shape our experiences and interactions. Yet the role of emotions in moral and social life is contested, from an interdisciplinary view. In relation, how emotions are involved in education has been a subject of scrutiny and debate, in the history of education, and across diverse cultural and social contexts. This book explores from a fresh perspective the intersection of emotions, social life, and education. It emphasises education of emotions as a moral process with significant interpersonal, social, and political implications. And it fleshes out a relational approach, through considering the value of various feelings and dispositions in social life and in education, such as happiness, gratitude, resilience, and anger. In this introductory chapter, I provide a preliminary discussion of the role of emotions in education. I focus on some common assumptions that readers may have about this topic. These assumptions are examples of contrasting perspectives about emotions and education, which highlight divergent approaches to educating (or not educating) about and for particular emotions and related dispositions in school settings. These are also views which, if held by readers, might make a book such as this one seem unnecessary. Critically analysing them thus here helps to underscore the value of this present work. These are the views that (1) education does not particularly involve emotions, and (2) emotions are a part of education, but this is non-controversial, with a consensus on the topic established"--