An aim of this account is to show that, in teaching and learning, the intellectual system is not
everything. Through some kinds of purposeful thought, commonly seen as worthy of …

This paper presents a way of conceptualising how the emotions can affect the language of
teaching and learning of the classroom. Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal …

Teachers often approach teaching with an energy and enthusiasm to inspire their students
with their skills and knowledge. However, when faced with students who are not fully …

As the authors have done with the other concepts discussed in the book—for example, mind,
individual, identity, self—and almost completing the list of the main ideas they approach …

For many years, teachers and educators question themselves about their pedagogic
method. Nevertheless, it is possible that the questions one is asking, however pertinent, may …

The point of departure for this study is the author's experience as educator in a residential
home for children (age 6-14) with social-emotional problems, in Italy, between 1980 and …

This article offers a critical analysis of emotional intelligence (EI) as a dominant discourse
that establishes ways of understanding, managing, and learning about emotions in the field …

Cognitive science deals with such questions as' How do we think?'and'How do we learn,
memorize, dream?'. It tackles the subject of human mentality by connecting discoveries from …

Thought and action frequently bear the mark of emotion, something which is accepted in
everyday life: marriage, employment, pastimes, attire, are generally shaped as much by …

This chapter treats the emotional aspects of the university. In its first part, it focuses on the
fact that we academics have paid insufficient attention to these aspects in our atempts to …