Emotionality in mathematics teacher education
Mark Boyland at Sheffield Hallam University (UK) has written an article about Engaging with issues of emotionality in mathematics teacher education for social justice . The article was recently published online in Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education . In the article, Boyland reports on a study where student teachers are encouraged to reflect on relationships and practices in the classroom that can promote social justice. In the article he relates to affective issues like emotions, beliefs and values, and he refers to some interesting literature on this. The interventions that were used in the study are referred to as "creative action methods", and they were originally developed by psychotherapist Jacob Moreno . This is a very interesting approach to research on affective issues, and to me it is a new approach that I hadn't heard of before. Here is the abstract of Boyland's article: This article focuses on the relationship between social justice, emotionality and ...