Emotions and affectivities: implications and perspectives in biology teaching

Abstract

Emotional and affective aspects are directly involved in the teaching and learning process. Therefore, the research sought to investigate the comprehension of Basic Education teachers from the Public Teaching Network of Iguatu city, in the state of Ceará, Brazil, about how students’ emotions are involved in their learning process. For this purpose, ten Biology teachers were interviewed and had their answers evaluated. The teachers reported multiple factors interfering with students’ learning, highlighting those related to their emotional issues and family relationships. According to the student's grade and age, emotional differences become evident, resulting from the teenage years maturing process. A phenomenon that, along with poor sleep and stress, interferes negatively with learning. What can be done to improve the students’ performance is adopting measures to assure them emotional support besides providing continuous training for teachers about the subject aforementioned. For the students’ learning to become increasingly effective, teachers must be aware of all the important factors in both the teaching and learning process, be them curricular, pedagogical, or emotional.