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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. 2012 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 2012 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. I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a student’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a student humanized or de-humanized. ~HaimGinott

  4. What makes us human? • Language / Communication • Emotions • Homo Sapiens (wise man) • Sentient Beings (conscious) • Epistemology (scientific method) • Empathy • Reflexive Mind = Symbolic Interaction • The symbolic world • The symbolic self

  5. The Reflexive Mind • Humans are defined by Symbolic Interaction • Language / Communication = Symbolic • Epistemology (meaning is emergent / contextual) • Associations / Appropriations / Attributions • Defining the Situation (schemas / mental models)

  6. The Reflexive Mind • Locus of our central nervous system • Mirror Neurons = Empathy • Symbols mediate our experience • Thomas Theorem = Mind over Matter • Placebo effect • Self-fulfilling prophesies • Halo effect • Reification • Pygmalion in the classroom

  7. 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

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

  9. Yerkes / Dodson Law

  10. What is the Affective Domain? • Motivations • Moods • Feelings • Emotions • Attitudes • Beliefs / Values • Choice / Power • Communication • Syllabus • 1st day of class • Relevance / Need / Value • Enthusiasm • Priming • Humor • Group activities (T/P/S) • Community • Competition

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

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

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

  14. 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 Extend the benefit of the doubt • Safety • Trust • Respect • Power • Communication

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

  16. Additional Tips • Share your Teaching Philosophy • Tell stories - embellish • Provide guidelines / rationale • Frequency reduces awkwardness • Incremental / escalating success builds confidence • Make relevant to life and career

  17. 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 Affective Domain and Learning Objectives http://curriculum.fullcoll.edu/FC%20Documents/Measurable%20Verbs/Instructional%20Objective%20Verbs%20--%20Affective%20Domain.pdf Bloom’s 3 learning Domainshttp://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html The Role of Emotion in Memoryhttp://www.memory-key.com/NatureofMemory/emotion.htm

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