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The Affective Domain: The role of emotions, attitudes, and motivation in teaching and learning

The Affective Domain: The role of emotions, attitudes, and motivation in teaching and learning. CTE Summer Institute on Teaching and Learning.

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The Affective Domain: The role of emotions, attitudes, and motivation in teaching and learning

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  1. The Affective Domain:The role of emotions, attitudes, and motivation in teaching and learning CTE Summer Institute on Teaching and Learning

  2. Emotion and Cognition are inextricably linked and perhaps never entirely separate, distinctive nor pure. ~William James The separation of the head from the heart has contributed to a fractured education system that produces minds that do not know how to feel and hearts that do not know how to think. ~Parker Palmer

  3. The Reflexive Mind • Humans are defined by Symbolic Interaction • Language / Communication = Symbolic • Epistemology (meaning is emergent / contextual) • Associations / Appropriations / Attributions • Emotions: evolutionary advantage? • Defining the Situation (schemas) • The Social “Self” and the Social “Mind”

  4. The Reflexive Mind • Locus of our central nervous system • Mirror Neurons • Thoughts, feelings and behaviors • Thomas Theorem = Mind over Matter • Placebo effect • Self-fulfilling prophesies • Re-Defining the Situation • The reflexive mind is the medium through which we experience everything!

  5. Significance of the Affective Domain • A strong relationship between affect and memory = evolution • A strong relationship between affect and student engagement = motivation, confidence • A strong relationship between affect high impact activities = deep / significant learning • A strong relationship between affect and self identity = self-esteem

  6. What is the Affective Domain? • Motivations • Moods • Feelings • Emotions • Attitudes • Beliefs / Values

  7. What is the Affective Domain? • Motivations • Moods • Feelings • Emotions • Attitudes • Beliefs / Values • Choice / Power • Relevance • Need • Enthusiasm • Priming • Humor • Community • Competition • Engagement

  8. Yerkes / Dodson Law

  9. What is the Affective Domain? • Motivations • Moods • Feelings • Emotions • Attitudes • Beliefs / Values • Compelling examples • Emotional contagion • Re-Define situations • Small group activities • Group processing • Learning log • Reflection papers

  10. What is the Affective Domain? • Motivations • Moods • Feelings • Emotions • Attitudes • Beliefs / Values • High Impact activities • The first day of class • Cognitive Dissonance • Role Playing • Learning Communities • Service Learning • PBL / TBL • Under Grad. Research • Internships/Externships • Study Abroad

  11. What is the Affective Field? • The space around people and their environment. • Lighting • Color • Architecture • Climate • Configuration • Sound

  12. What is the Affective Field? The space between the people engaged in an interaction Show Compassion / Empathy Be Authentic (be yourself) Be Non-Judgmental Be Personable (get to know them; vice versa) Be strict, but fair Attend to nonverbals • Safety • Trust • Respect • Power • Communication

  13. Implications for course / curricular design • Communication -verbal, written and body • High impact activities (PBL / TBL) • Small group work / learning communities • Service learning • Self – assessment • (reflection papers, learning logs, etc.) • Group processing • Capstone courses / learning portfolios

  14. Additional Tips • Share your Teaching Philosophy • Get personal / be genuine / show passion • Tell stories - embellish • Use small groups • Frequency reduces awkwardness • Incremental / escalating success builds confidence • Make relevant to life and career

  15. Consider the Following Activities • Concept Maps • Reflection Papers, Journaling • Small Group Activities / Cooperative Learning • Perry Game • Role play / Gaming • Confidence Surveys / Knowledge Surveys • Free Association = Implicit Attitudes

  16. Additional Resources Teaching and Learning in Affective Domainhttp://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Teaching_and_Learning_in_Affective_Domain Learning and Affective Behaviorshttp://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/learning/affective.html Arousal – Yerkes / Dodson Lawhttp://www.skagitwatershed.org/~donclark/hrd/arousal.html Bloom’s 3 learning Domainshttp://www.skagitwatershed.org/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html The Role of Emotion in Memoryhttp://www.memory-key.com/NatureofMemory/emotion.htm

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