In this ‘Emotion Matters in Higher Education’ podcast series we will explore the important, yet overlooked, role of emotion in university learning and teaching. Together with our guests, we’ll be explaining relevant concepts and ideas, sharing our experiences and offering practical take away strategies.
This podcast series is inspired by, and complements, the Emotion in STEMMB Education Special Interest Group.
Episode 1
Introduction to Emotion in University Learning and Teaching
In the first episode, podcast hosts Dr Kate Ippolito, Dr Cathy Mansfield and Dr Manuela Mura talk about what emotion in learning and teaching is and why it is so important to understand emotion experienced in higher education. We share what inspired our interest in emotion, especially as educators in science-based disciplines, and how we apply our growing understanding in teaching and supporting ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.
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Episode 2
Emotion in Action
In the second episode, Student Wellbeing Advisers, Anna Goodwin and Becky Zamora, offer explanations and strategies for raising awareness about emotion and how to respond in ways that are helpful to our wellbeing, learning and development. They consider the relationships between our thoughts, feelings and behaviours and techniques to foster self-understanding and self-compassion.
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Episode 3
Navigating Transitions and Change
In the third episode, Student Wellbeing Advisers, Anna Goodwin and Becky Zamora, help us to think about the negative and positive emotions involved in change and how ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ adapt in different ways to the many changes and transitions in the academic year. They suggest ways of having conversations with ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ about their expectations, changing routines, managing uncertainty and discomfort as part of the learning process.
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Episode 4
Social and Emotional Learning through Group-working
In the fourth episode, Manuela Mura, Senior Teaching Fellow in Medical Biosciences and Kate Ippolito, Principal Lecturer in Educational Development, talk about how social and emotional learning (SEL) occurs as ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ collaborate. They illustrate how ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ use and develop their emotional awareness in the process of group working in science labs. Research-informed strategies for embedding SEL in STEMM and other curricula, and nurturing empathy and emotional support between student peers are discussed.
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Episode 5
Teacher Emotion
In the fifth episode, Kate Ippolito and Cathy Mansfield focus on the less considered phenomena of university teachers’ emotions. They identify why teacher emotion is important and consider why teachers feel the way they do. Relationships between teachers’ emotions and teaching goals, as well as interactions between teacher and student emotions are explored. They offer practical tips for working with emotion in teaching and what to do about difficult emotion in university classrooms.
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Episode 6
Embedding emotion literacy development in science-based teaching
Dr Laura Patel and Dr Jon Fenton talk with Dr Kate Ippolito about the sessions they have embedded in the Chemistry and Physics curriculum to develop ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½' emotional literacy and awareness of how emotion influences learning. These aim to promote nuanced understanding of stress and uncomfortable emotion in learning and improve peer collaboration. They reflect on choices around key messages and activities, and learners' responses, including what ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ take away.
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Integrating emotional awareness into science-based curricula Emotion in Education SIG (19 Nov 2024)