Exploring Emotions, Aesthetics and Wellbeing in Science Education Research

This book addresses new research directions focusing on the emotional and aesthetic nature of teaching and learning science informing more general insights about wellbeing. It considers methodological traditions including those informed by philosophy, sociology, psychology and education and how they contribute to our understanding of science education. In this collection, the authors provide accounts of the underlying ontological, epistemological, methodological perspectives and theoretical assumptions that inform their work and that of others. Each chapter provides a perspective on the study of emotion, aesthetics or wellbeing, using empirical examples or a discussion of existing literature to unpack the theoretical and philosophical traditions inherent in those works. This volume offers a diverse range of approaches for anyone interested in researching emotions, aesthetics, or wellbeing. It is ideal for research students who are confronted with a cosmos of research perspectives, but also for established researchers in various disciplines with an interest in researching emotions, affect, aesthetics, or wellbeing.

First volume that addresses emotions, aesthetics, and well-being in science education Provides in-depth accounts of the range of the theoretical/philosophical positions on these phenomena Lays out the foundation for framing research on the topics in science education

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Emotions, aesthetics and wellbeing in science education: theoretical foundations, Alberto Bellocchi, Cassie F. Quigley and Kathrin Otrel-Cass.- PART I AESTHETICS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.- Back to the drawing board examining the philosophical foundations of educational research on emotions and aesthetics, Per-Olof Wickman.- Taste for science: a Bourdieuan-pragmatism approach to interest, aesthetics and learning, Per Anderhag.- The heart of the educator: aesthetic experience shaping knowledge, identity and passion, Linda Hobbs and Leissa Kelly.- PART II EMOTION AND AFFECT IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.- Interaction ritual approaches to emotion and cognition in science learning experiences, Alberto Bellocchi.- Emotional events in learning science, Stephen M. Ritchie and Jen Beers Newlands.- Emotions, social beings & ethnomethods: understanding analogical reasoning in everyday science classrooms, James P. Davis.- Our neighborhood: a place for heightening emotional energy in science education, Kristin Cook and Gayle Buck.- Emotions- connecting with the missing body. Liv Kondrup Kristensen and Kathrin Otrel-Cass.- Interest and emotions in science education, Morten Rask Petersen and Niels Bonderup Dohn.- Science and the arts: curriculum integration, learning and emotions in schools, Tatiana Chemi.- PART III WELLNESS AND WELLBEING IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.- Jin Shin Jyutsu and ameliorating emotion, enhancing mindfulness, and sustaining productive learning environments, Ken Tobin, Konstantinos Alexakos, Anna Malyukova, and Al-Karim H. Gangji.- The role of care in environmental education, Cassie F. Quigley and Renée Lyons.- Afterword- Science education and the promises of aesthetics, emotion and wellbeing, Steve Alsop.-Index.