Resistance to Learning
Overcoming the Desire Not to Know in Classroom Teaching
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Educational Psychology, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
| Author: | M. Alcorn | ISBN: | 9781137318565 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | September 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. Alcorn |
| ISBN: | 9781137318565 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | September 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
