Background Learning sciences researchers, including those in the sociocultural tradition,
often address emotion on motivation's terms, as a condition or quality of being that propels …

We advance the understanding of how student emotions relate to their learning of
socioscientific issues (SSI). Studies have tended to examine how students' positive and …

Engineers and engineering students often identify their work as rational, beyond emotion,
and engineering is often characterized as purely scientific, involving technical solutions to …

Background: Engineering is often portrayed as a purely rational discipline, where emotions
are considered irrelevant to problem solving. Also, in-depth research on emotions in …

This article explores the role of affect in influencing whether and how education policy on
sustainability is circulated, adopted or resisted. Drawing on empirical data from K-12 …

There is extensive evidence showing that the climate system is warming and human
behavior is linked to the change. Despite increasing attempts to integrate climate change …

Problem solving in groups can be rich with tension for students. This tension may arise from
conflicting approaches (conceptual and/or epistemological) and/or from conflict emerging in …

There is increased attention in science education worldwide on engaging learners not only
in learning content but also in doing science in ways that align with scientists' experiences …

This chapter describes what emotions are and why they are important in climate change
education. It discusses the specific aspects of climate change that elicit emotional …

Emerging research is beginning to explore the role of social bonds in science learning. In
this study, I develop a novel conceptual framework extending recent science education …