Emotions in the Cyber Classroom
Charlotte A. Redden,
Jun 12, 2003
We saw yesterday discussion about the role emotion plays in learning. We have also seen, from time to time in my work, discussions of meaning, for example, when I talk about how people attach different meanings, and different importance to, the same learning objects. This interesting paper connects the cots. "Many educators routinely acknowledge that thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and values influence learning. For instance, they may stress that information must be 'meaningful,' or 'authentic,' but they fail to tell us what mental process determines meaning. By and large, that is an emotion-mediated process." Just as I said yesterday, I would extend that to say that sensation in general, and not just emotion, determines meaning.
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