Affective Education: A Comparative View (Cassell Studies in Pastoral Care and Personal and Social Education)

Affective education can be defined as that part of the educational process which concerns itself with the attitudes, feelings, beliefs and emotions of students. Central to the concept is the acknowledgement that student's feelings about themselves as learners and about their academic subjects can be at least as influential as their actual ability. This collection features the work of contributors from countries such as Belgium, Denmark, Russia, Germany, Israel, Spain and the UK. It shows how the practical approach to affective education varies from nation to nation. By analyzing the underlying theory, this text sets out to bring the different approaches closer together, to enable teachers across the continent to work towards a positive common ground. Contents......Page 6 Series Editor's foreword......Page 8 Notes on contributors......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 13 PART 1 Introduction......Page 14 1 Towards an understanding of affective education in a European context......Page 16 PART 2 How the Affective Dimension of Education Is Manifested in Different European Countries......Page 30 2 Affective education in French-speaking parts of Belgium: a brief overview......Page 32 3 Affective education in Germany. Existing structures and opportunities: are we using them effectively?......Page 41 4 'Fiche bliain ag fás' (Twenty years a-growing)......Page 49 5 Affective education: a Russian perspective......Page 59 6 Affective education and the Greek school curriculum......Page 71 7 The development of affective education in England......Page 85 8 Affective education and the new Spanish educational reforms......Page 98 9 Affective education and the quality of life in Italian schools......Page 112 10 Affective education in Portugal......Page 120 11 Affective education in the Netherlands......Page 129 12 The Danish class teacher, a mediator between the pastoral and the academic......Page 139 13 The strange concept of affective education: a French perspective......Page 145 14 Affective education in Israeli elementary schools: principles and practice......Page 158 PART 3 Examples of European Research and Initiatives in the Affective Domain......Page 166 15 Dealing with stress in the elementary school......Page 168 16 The development of altruism: an alternative to Kohlberg's model......Page 176 17 Upbringing: a domain of the school?......Page 191 18 Teachers' understanding and emotions in relation to the creation of boys' masculine identity......Page 201 19 'Boys and girls': a gender-fair educational film?......Page 209 20 A pupil with conspicuous behavioural problems receives the support he needs......Page 226 21 Affective education and teacher training in Italy: experiences and research results......Page 241 22 Students' perceptions of classroom climate: an evaluation of the effects of a PSE intervention......Page 250 PART 4 Endnote......Page 264 C......Page 269 H......Page 270 N......Page 271 S......Page 272 Z......Page 273