Dewey and Eros: Wisdom and Desire in the Art of Teaching (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought Series, Vol 19)

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Summary: The affective, emotional and relational aspects of learning
Review: In an educational research and practice world dominated by reductivist, decontextualized, disembodied assumptions of cognition - this book is a much-needed challenge to educational researcher and practitioners. Garrison's book illuminates the role of the affective in learning, the emotion in motivation and relational aspects of learning. Garrison's discussion of the role of the precognitive and selective attention in the cognitive process is largely ignored in the field overall. A must read.