Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education

After a long period of neglect, research into emotion has accelerated over the past several decades, producing many findings and theories that could be useful in educational practice. This study focuses on the most recent research into ultimate explanations of affect, which evolutionary psychology,...

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Main Author: Stern, Joseph
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27133/
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description After a long period of neglect, research into emotion has accelerated over the past several decades, producing many findings and theories that could be useful in educational practice. This study focuses on the most recent research into ultimate explanations of affect, which evolutionary psychology, unlike the schools of thought that currently predominate in educational theory, can provide. This study seeks to provide context for an evolutionary view of affect through a survey of emotion theories and a discussion of how they have influenced educational practices, before turning to evolutionary psychology, and its educational and emotion theory. It lays out three potential applications for evolutionary psychology’s emotion theory in the second language classroom, and assesses their plausibility through three research instruments. Findings indicate that there is support for two out of the three applications. Directions for the future research and development of these applications are discussed in the final chapter.
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spelling nottingham-271332017-10-19T14:08:35Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27133/ Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education Stern, Joseph After a long period of neglect, research into emotion has accelerated over the past several decades, producing many findings and theories that could be useful in educational practice. This study focuses on the most recent research into ultimate explanations of affect, which evolutionary psychology, unlike the schools of thought that currently predominate in educational theory, can provide. This study seeks to provide context for an evolutionary view of affect through a survey of emotion theories and a discussion of how they have influenced educational practices, before turning to evolutionary psychology, and its educational and emotion theory. It lays out three potential applications for evolutionary psychology’s emotion theory in the second language classroom, and assesses their plausibility through three research instruments. Findings indicate that there is support for two out of the three applications. Directions for the future research and development of these applications are discussed in the final chapter. 2014-06 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27133/1/Stern_Joseph.pdf Stern, Joseph (2014) Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) emotion theory second language education evolutionary psychology
spellingShingle emotion theory
second language education
evolutionary psychology
Stern, Joseph
Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education
title Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education
title_full Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education
title_fullStr Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education
title_full_unstemmed Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education
title_short Evolutionary Emotion Theory in Second Language Education
title_sort evolutionary emotion theory in second language education
topic emotion theory
second language education
evolutionary psychology
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27133/