Resistance to Learning Overcoming the Desire Not to Know in Classroom Teaching
Description
Alcorn examines qualities of student resistance to new and uncomfortable information and proposes methods for teachers to work productively with such resistance. Drawing on research from numerous disciplines showing how emotion grounds human reason, he outlines an agenda that makes emotional experience central to educational practice.
Keywords
PsychologyCognitive Psychology & CognitionEducationEducational PsychologySchoolsLevelsHigherPhilosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
2013Book
Author(s)Marshall W. Alcorn
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137002853
LanguageEnglish
