Resistance to Learning Overcoming the Desire-Not-To-Know in Classroom Teaching |
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| Author:
| Alcorn, Marshall Wise |
| Series title: | Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-137-00285-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.