Reciprocal cognitive and emotional interaction in STEMM university learning and teaching.

ABSTRACT: University learning and teaching involves contrasting and interacting emotional experiences. Even in disciplines considered as objective as Science and Engineering, emotion plays a significant role in catalysing and sustaining learning. Although emotions are individually felt, they are socially constructed between people. This is especially relevant in group-based learning evident in much contemporary higher education. This paper applies the concept of emotion socialization to illustrate how groups of students and teachers cope and succeed in cognitively and emotionally challenging learning settings. The study is based on qualitative data collected across six STEMM university departments, from 280 students via in-situ questionnaires and from 20 teachers via group and follow-up interviews.

SUBMITTER: Ippolito K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408516 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature