Beschreibung:
Teachers are expected to foster productive thought yet the neglect of emotion in the classroom, in favour of intellect, means teaching and learning is often not as effective as it might be. Thinking with Feeling explores what we mean by productive thought, its interrelationship with mood and emotions, how teachers can manage that interaction to improve teaching and learning, and what teacher trainers could do about it.
1. Second Thoughts: Sense and sensibility 2. Purposeful, Productive Thought: A framework 3. Ever Watchful: Moods, emotions and appraisals 4. It Stands to Reason: Deductive thinking 5. Order from Chaos: Constructing causal understandings 6. The Inventive Mind: Creative thinking and problem solving 7. Hearts and minds in harmony: Wise thoughts in action 8. Quality Control: Critical thinking 9. Testing times: Emotional performances 10. Different Strokes for Different Folks: Nature and nurture 11. Emotional Labour: Moods, emotions and the teacher 12. Two minds are better than one