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Emotions and Learning - Christina - 14-10-2005
In his Dynamic Skill Theory, Kurt Fischer distinguishes between a functional level of performance (lower level of performance achieved without support) and an optimal level of performance (more advanced level of performance achieved with optimal conditions of support). This distinction is analogous to Vygotsky’s non-assisted and assisted levels, expect that Fisher widens the notion of assistance from the social realm to include all conditions which support learning. From this perspective, a certain emotional state, for example, could contribute to providing the scaffolding that enables a child to work at an optimal level of performance.
Very interesting!
Cheers,
Christina
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 30-11-2005
November 30, 2005
Hi
I have been thinking a great deal about emotions and learning after last night's class. There is some interesting information that I retrieved from the internet on November 30, 2005 regarding this. Enjoy!
URL: http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/126/8/1790
Be well,
Rob
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 19-12-2005
HI
Maybe changing the order of the words might ring a bell. Of course there 'should be', 'might be', some emotions with learning. With emotions comes different degrees of affect. I would suggest that the amygdala, et al. would enter into the picture. We may [depending upon the emotion] have hormones secrete chemicals into the blood stream to enhance learning or on the other hand secrete chemicals that have a pejorative effect...or maybe no reaction at all. Something to think about. But....I do know that emotions do affect learning.
Best,
Rob
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 10-01-2006
January 10, 2006
It seems to me that when human emotions are involved during learning experiences that several out comes might be expected. First of all emotions tends to mean amygdala in the brain...not always but frequently ...when the amygdala is involved the out comes of learning might be commensurate with activities and other perforce behavior that release 'the adrenlin or flight-fight response...no telling how many other things. Any way high emotions and too low of emotions will affect learning.
Best,
Rob
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 11-01-2006
January 11, 2006
We must look at the sociocultural perspectives that affects a biological-inclination to learn. The will to learn is there [inclination]. But the biology must be operating well to do just about everything including learning. I am speaking directly to the sociocultural environment....specifically [poverty].
A strong inclination as one might have, cannot over come starvation and extreme poverty. Oh yes, the biological-inclination to learn is still there, but the body including the CEO brain cannot function with malnourishment and unacceptable health. Think about it.
Be well,
Rob
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 18-01-2006
January 18, 2006
Good Morning
,Emotions play a very important part in learning. The following url retrieved 1-18-06 from the internet depicts this. When you get to the bottom of the first page of the url, you may continue by clicking next. There are some really neat thoughts here.
Best,
Rob
URL: http://www.sedl.org/scimath/compass/v03n02/brain.html
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 19-01-2006
Hi
,The University of Wisconsin Research Group along with the Healthy Emotions organization have setforth some really exciting goals for themselves. We know already that emotion are an important part of learning and memory. We also know that positive emotions make a great deal of impact on our innate desires to learn...The goals are setforth in this url retrieved 1-18-06 from the internet.
Be well,
Rob
URL: http://www.healthemotions.org/research/index.html
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 20-01-2006
Hi
, January 19, 2006A few years ago I had to opportunity to see the Dalai Lama speak with a small group of great scientists for two days and one evening at MIT. It was great. Many prominent people listened intently to the Dalai Lama and the scientists.....The following book came out subsequent to the discussions titled [B]Destructive Emotions: How can we Overcome them? A scientific Dialogue with the DALI LAMA narrated by Daniel Goleman [Copyright 2003] [/B] Daniel
Goleman is the New York Times Bestselling Author of Emotional Intelligence. [ISBN 0-553-80171-6] It is a good read.Best,
Rob
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 20-01-2006
January 20,2006
Hi
,Good url retrieved from the internet Jan. 20, 2006 regard many many different kinds of emotions....good
read.
Best,
Rob
URL: http://eqi.org/emotions.htm
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 23-01-2006
It isn't just 'emotions and learning', it is a neurology systems analysis...where one thing affect the other thing etc. etc........I have brought across some material that I wrote on other learning sites and am trying to piece things together....please be patient.
Thanks,
Rob
January 23, 2006
Good Morning,
A flash bulb finally went on in my mind...[figure of speech]. But notwithstanding the pun, I did finally put it together when we say 'learning and motivation'; obviously it is not in a vacuum....it is a neurological systems analysis. One thing seems to affect the other, meaning that motivation, emotions, etc can affect the natural propensity of a human's innate [inclination] to learn. I am not saying this very well, but what I am saying, I will describe. "A seven year old child really can activate their innate learning system when interested in the topic, motivated, [is]emotionally involved, sees relationships to other prior learning constructs....etc. etc. This I believe is what we want to happen...thoughts?
Best,
Rob
URL: http://www.brainconnection.com/topic...n=gal/cns-home
URL: We really have not talked about learning and computers. I personally believe that as I get deeper into a subject that the books and journals are fine but for immediate answers and 'prior knowledge' preparation, I really use the internet a great deal. What are your thoughts about using the computer and internet as a learning tool or environment. I find that my grandchildren are learning the computers faster than I...and are already computer literate commensurate with their age or stage or interests.
Be well,
Rob
URL: http://eqi.org/emotions.htm
URL: http://eqi.org/toc2.htm
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 05-03-2006
March 5, 2006
Morning
,Emotions of the teacher or emotions of the learning....both!!!!! Think about it.
Best,
Rob
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 13-03-2006
March 13, 2006
Good Morning
,Clearly emotions play a big role in learning...there are physical changes which occur via hormonal implication and of course these chemical changes cause learning to fluctuate tremendously.
Be well,
Rob
Emotions and Learning - Christina - 01-07-2006
"An emotionally aware computer system designed to read people's minds by analysing expressions will be featured at a major London exhibition.
Visitors to the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/exhibition.asp?id=4198) are being invited to help train the computer how to read joy, anger and other expressions...."
Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5116762.stm
Could this type of technology be used in the classroom?
All the best,
Christina
Emotions and Learning - Christina - 05-07-2006
A dialogue on the neuroscience of depression:
http://www.med.harvard.edu/publications/On_The_Brain/Volume02/Special/SPDepr.html
Edwin Cassem, M.D., and Joseph Coyle, M.D., describe its causes and treatments from a neurobiological perspective.
Depression can be difficult to identify in children because it can manifest in a variety of ways. For example, some children with depression become hyperactive. Other symptoms of depression in children include:
-Persistent sadness and/or irritability.
-Low self-esteem or feelings or worthlessness.
-Loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities.
-Change in appetite (either increase or decrease).
-Change in sleep patterns (either increase or decrease).
-Difficulty concentrating.
-Anger and rage
-Headaches, stomachaches or other physical pains that seem to have no cause.
-Changes in activity level. (either lethargy or hyperactivity).
Treating depression in children with drugs is certainly a controversial topic as children cannot make the decision whether or not to take drugs on their own. What are your thoughts on this?
~Christina
Emotions and Learning - segarama - 05-07-2006
July 5, 2006
Good morning Christina
,In addressing medication and depression with children, I have a rather different slant on this than most, I think... First of all I have concerns about all medications for children except for a virus, strep throat etc. My concerns about medication for children such as selective seretonin reuptake inhibitors and especially neuroleptic meds are that: (1) The physicians who administer the meds usually do not have the trained background in medications and are in many cases following the pharmacy line rather than the dearth of genuine long term scientific studies of the two drug categories mentioned. After saying that I am in favor of a meds program for children with severe disorders only after all other more conservative means have been used.
If it is decided that meds are to be used underscoring the two categories mentioned in the first paragraph, then the attending physician has a moral responsibility to either be well trained in this particular area or seek advice from those physicians/psychiatrists who specialize in these medications.
Unfortuantely the well meaning physicians who lack experience sometimes do not have the time to do extra training and are really learning on the job [so to speak], however I believe that this very important task requires more attention than "on the job training". A good example of this: Some physicians have administed neuroleptic meds for anxiety and depression. Hours after administration of the neuroleptic meds, the child was taken to the emergency room in another city due to the parents and children being on a road trip vacation. Emergency room physicians were very quick to point out that this was incorrect meds for the child and that the additional shaking and convulsions was caused by the attending physicians administration of the incorrect medication.
I have concerns for the correct meds being used in perpetuity which can lead to symptoms of other more serious diseases. The symptoms of more serious diseases are then treated with a different set of meds and here we started out with depression and we are then being treated with a dopamine agonist for a movement disorder.
I believe that the vast majority of physicians do a good job and are very serious about their work.
On the other hand, serious chronic depression in children should never have gotten to be chronic. So if meds are administered to children then they must be administered correctly and by those who know what they are doing.
BE WELL,
Rob
Emotions and Learning - Christina - 14-08-2006
Compared to others, children with extremely shy temperament have heightened brain activity in response to any prominent event, whether the event is positive or negative, a new imaging study suggests: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/me-striatuminhib-kids.cfm
What are there implications of this for education?
~Christina