Exploring Emotions, Aesthetics and Wellbeing in Science Education Research

1. Front Matter

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2. Emotions, Aesthetics and Wellbeing in Science Education: Theoretical Foundations

   • Alberto Bellocchi, Cassie F. Quigley, Kathrin Otrel-Cass

   Pages 1-6

3. Aesthetics in Science Education

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Back to the Drawing Board: Examining the Philosophical Foundations of Educational Research on Aesthetics and Emotions

      • Per-Olof Wickman

      Pages 9-37

   3. Taste for Science: A Bourdieu-Pragmatism Approach to Interest, Aesthetics and Learning

      • Per Anderhag

      Pages 39-54

   4. The Heart of the Educator: Aesthetic Experience Shaping Knowledge, Identity, and Passion

      • Linda Hobbs, Leissa Kelly

      Pages 55-82

4. Emotion and Affect in Science Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Interaction Ritual Approaches to Emotion and Cognition in Science Learning Experiences

      • Alberto Bellocchi

      Pages 85-105

   3. Emotional Events in Learning Science

      • Stephen M. Ritchie, Jennifer Beers Newlands

      Pages 107-119

   4. Emotions, Social Beings, and Ethnomethods: Understanding Analogical Reasoning in Everyday Science Classrooms

      • James P. Davis

      Pages 121-140

   5. Our Neighborhood: A Place for Heightening Emotional Energy in Science Education

      • Kristin Cook, Gayle Buck

      Pages 141-163

   6. Emotions: Connecting with the Missing Body

      • Liv Kondrup Kristensen, Kathrin Otrel-Cass

      Pages 165-185

   7. Interest and Emotions in Science Education

      • Morten Rask Petersen, Niels Bonderup Dohn

      Pages 187-202

   8. Science and the Arts: Curriculum Integration, Learning, and Emotions in Schools

      • Tatiana Chemi

      Pages 203-218

5. Wellness and Wellbeing in Science Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. Jin Shin Jyutsu and Ameliorating Emotion, Enhancing Mindfulness, and Sustaining Productive Learning Environments

      • Kenneth Tobin, Konstantinos Alexakos, Anna Malyukova, Al-Karim H. Gangji

      Pages 221-247

   3. The Role of Care in Environmental Education

      • Cassie F. Quigley, Renée Lyons

      Pages 249-267

   4. Afterword: Science Education and Promises of Aesthetics, Emotion and Wellbeing

      • Steve Alsop

      Pages 269-285

6. Back Matter

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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.

• Aesthetics in science education
• Affect in science education
• Emotion in science education
• Expressive aspects of learning
• Expressive aspects of teaching
• Science and the arts
• Scientific humor
• Well-being in schools
• Well-being in science education

• Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

  Alberto Bellocchi

• Department of Teaching and Learning College of Education, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

  Cassie Quigley

• Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

  Kathrin Otrel-Cass

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