Methodological Advances in Research on Emotion and Education [Paperback]

This volume presents different conceptual and theoreticalframeworks as well as research methods that have helped educational researchersto study emotions. It includes innovative approaches that push themethodological boundaries that have served educational researchers until nowand proposes new ways of researching emotions in educational contexts. In particular,this edited volume provides a historical frame for studying emotions. Itconnects theoretical/epistemological views with choice of  research methods and describes specificmethods helpful in doing research on emotions as they are grounded in differenttheoretical and disciplinary traditions such as psychology, philosophy,sociology, history, political science, cultural studies, and feminist studies.Finally, it appreciates the contextual and international dimensions of studyingemotions in education and contributes to ongoing debates about the implicationsof our methodological choices for understanding emotion in education. Thiscombination of variety, timeliness, potential for transformation of the field,and uniqueness make this a very valuable resource to introduce new scholars inthe field alongside established scholars.

I. Introduction.- 1. Introduction to Methodological Advances in Research on Emotion and Education, MichalinosZembylas and Paul A. Schutz.- II. Early Work and Reflections on ResearchingEmotions in Education.- 2. Interviewwith Megan Boler: From Feminist Politics of Emotionsto the Affective Turn, MeganBoler (with Michalinos Zembylas.- 3. TheEmotional Dimension in Teachers Work Lives: A Narrative-BiographicalPerspective, Geert Keltchtermans.- 4. Using Self-Report to Assess Emotionsin Education, Reinhard Pekrun.- 5.Understanding and Planning Emotions Research, Christopher Day and BelindaHarris.- III. Affective Terrains While Conducting Research on Emotion inEducational Contexts.- 6. Gauging the Affective: Becoming Attuned to Its Impactin Education, Megan Watkins.ló$