Re: emotional bonds/education

U25510 who-is-at UICVM.UIC.EDU
Sun, 8 Feb 1998 09:28:01 -0800 (PST)

Mike,

Joe Becker wrote an article with Maria Varelas and Eileen Knight called
Love, meaning, and self, adressing the role of affective involvement in
educational practice. This work may be relevant. Best, Artin

>
> Dear Xmca-ers,
>
> In connection with our work on afterschool educational activities,
> we have long been impressed by the large role played by the emotional
> bonds that form between undergrads and children and how important
> this seems to be in quality of teaching/learning that goes on. One
> of my students is focusing in on this aspect of the systems and has
> asked if there is any theoretical writing on the topic of emotional
> bonding and learning/teaching.
>
> What sources might you-all recommend? I would note that this question
> indexes a gap in my own work in developing a cultural-historicalactivity
> approach to development: I have been aware of the phenomenon for a long
> time but have not systematically theorized it. The gap may not be
> only in my own work/.
> mike
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