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Emotions and Learning

Emotions and Learning. January 12, 2004. Background. Four most common emotions appearing on theorists’ list are fear, anger, sadness, and joy Plutchik (1980) distinguishes among eight basic emotions: fear, anger, sorrow, joy, disgust, acceptance, anticipation, and surprise. More Background.

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Emotions and Learning

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  1. Emotions and Learning January 12, 2004

  2. Background • Four most common emotions appearing on theorists’ list are fear, anger, sadness, and joy • Plutchik (1980) distinguishes among eight basic emotions: fear, anger, sorrow, joy, disgust, acceptance, anticipation, and surprise

  3. More Background • Ekman (1992) has focused on a set of from six to eight basic emotions • However none of the existing frameworks address emotions commonly seen in SMET learning (Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology)

  4. Emotions and Learning Cycle Constructive learning Awe Satisfaction Curiosity Disappointment Puzzlement Confusion II I Positive Affect Negative Affect III IV Frustration Discard Misconceptions Hopefulness Fresh Research Un-learning

  5. Path of the Cycle • Student ideally begins in quadrant I or II • In quadrant one the student might be curious or fascinated about a new topic of interest • In quadrant two the student might be puzzled and motivated to reduce confusion • In either case the student begins in the top half of the space, if their focus is on constructing or testing knowledge

  6. Path of the Cycle (Cont.) • Quadrant Three • Deconstruction of knowledge • Emotions may be negative • cognitive focus on elimination of misconceptions • As the student consolidates his/her knowledge with awareness of a sense of making progress, he or she may move to quadrant four

  7. Path of the Cycle (Cont.) • Quadrant Four • Recovers hopefulness as knowledge set is now cleared of unworkable and unproductive concepts • Getting a fresh idea propels the student back to the upper half of the diagram, most likely in quadrant one

  8. 5 Candidate Axes • Anxiety-Confidence • Boredom-Fascination • Frustration-Euphoria • Dispirited-Encouraged • Terror-Enchantment

  9. Emotion Sets Possibly Relevantto Learning -1.0 -0.5 0 +0.5 +1.0 Anxiety Worry Discomfort Comfort Hopeful Confident Ennui Boredom Indifference Interest Curiosity Intrigue Frustration Puzzlement Confusion Insight Enlightenment Epiphany Dispirited Disappointment Dissatisfaction Satisfied Thrilled Enthusiastic Terror Dread Apprehension Calm Anticipatory Excited

  10. The Emotion Axis • A Model of Emotions • Could be one of the specific axes from previous slide • Could symbolize the n-vector of all relevant emotion axes (allowing multi-dimensional combinations of emotions) • Positive valence emotions on the right; negative valence emotions on the left

  11. Knowledge Axis • A third axis (not shown) is called the knowledge axis • Extending out of the plane of the page • When this third dimension is added, one obtains an excelsior spiral when evolving/developing knowledge • Learner may experience multiple cycles, gradually moving up the knowledge axis

  12. Any Questions??

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