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