Ethics of emotions: emotional diversity as part of inclusion and diversity management in higher education
Wikström, Tiina (2020)
Wikström, Tiina
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2020
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020110222109
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020110222109
Tiivistelmä
In this article, I discuss the importance of understanding how emotions affect our learning, how awareness of emotions can promote our learning results and how it can enhance inclusion of diverse learners in higher education, thus being a relevant part of any ethical teaching and learning process. After providing some theoretical points of view on this matter, I apply these thoughts in connection with the LbD learning model of
Laurea University of Applied Sciences and, as an example, I refer to one of Laurea’s renowned innovations, the open learning environment Multisensory Space, presently developed in the international Erasmus+ project DISC. Finally, referring especially to R. Pekrun’s research, I draw some conclusions, based on aspects that are important to (re)consider when we wish to meet ethically diverse learners in higher education, with their diverse cultural and other backgrounds and diverse emotional and learning profiles.
Laurea University of Applied Sciences and, as an example, I refer to one of Laurea’s renowned innovations, the open learning environment Multisensory Space, presently developed in the international Erasmus+ project DISC. Finally, referring especially to R. Pekrun’s research, I draw some conclusions, based on aspects that are important to (re)consider when we wish to meet ethically diverse learners in higher education, with their diverse cultural and other backgrounds and diverse emotional and learning profiles.