The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion

by Sarah Rose Cavanagh

Book Overview

Historically we have constructed our classrooms with the assumption that learning is a dry, staid affair best conducted in quiet tones and ruled by an unemotional consideration of the facts. The field of education, however, is beginning to awaken to the potential power of emotions to fuel learning, informed by contributions from psychology and neuroscience. In friendly, readable prose, Sarah Rose Cavanagh argues that if you as an educator want...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943665338
• ISBN13: 9781943665334
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"