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Leyla and Mahmood : Emotions in social science education

Blennow, Katarina LU orcid (2018) In Journal of Social Science Education 17(1). p.66-70
Abstract
Purpose: The paper explores what emotions do in social science education through two specific cases and discusses the relation between emotion and politicization in the subject education.
Method/approach: The cases are selected from an on-going dissertation project that uses interviews, video and observations in examining how social science education is played out in practice, with a focus on the students. Inspired by Sara Ahmed, emotion is seen as relational.
Findings: Seeing emotions as relational makes it possible to capture a dynamic in the classroom that brings a complexity to a discussion on social science education. There is a relation between emotion and politicization; in... (More)
Purpose: The paper explores what emotions do in social science education through two specific cases and discusses the relation between emotion and politicization in the subject education.
Method/approach: The cases are selected from an on-going dissertation project that uses interviews, video and observations in examining how social science education is played out in practice, with a focus on the students. Inspired by Sara Ahmed, emotion is seen as relational.
Findings: Seeing emotions as relational makes it possible to capture a dynamic in the classroom that brings a complexity to a discussion on social science education. There is a relation between emotion and politicization; in the
two cases, emotion signals that a subject matter or situation is contested. (Less)
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keywords
Social science education, Emotion, Politicization, ethnography
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Journal of Social Science Education
volume
17
issue
1
pages
66 - 70
publisher
Sowi-online
external identifiers
  • scopus:85049872528
ISSN
1618-5293
DOI
10.4119/jsse-867
language
English
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yes
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9885d623-2d16-4456-8aed-0c62e83d66a0
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2018-02-13 11:50:20
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  series       = {{Journal of Social Science Education}},
  title        = {{Leyla and Mahmood : Emotions in social science education}},
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  doi          = {{10.4119/jsse-867}},
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