Exploring Emotions, Aesthetics and Wellbeing in Science Education Research

Emotions, aesthetics and wellbeing in science education: theoretical foundations, Alberto Bellocchi, Cassie F. Quigley and Kathrin Otrel-Cass.- PART I AESTHETICS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.- Back to the drawing board- examining the philosophical foundations of educational research on emotions and aesthetics, Per-Olof Wickman.- Taste for science: a Bourdieuan-pragmatism approach to interest, aesthetics and learning, Per Anderhag.- The heart of the educator: aesthetic experience shaping knowledge, identity and passion, Linda Hobbs and Leissa Kelly.- PART II EMOTION AND AFFECT IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.- Interaction ritual approaches to emotion and cognition in science learning experiences, Alberto Bellocchi.- Emotional events in learning science, Stephen M. Ritchie and Jen Beers Newlands.- Emotions, social beings & ethnomethods: understanding analogical reasoning in everyday science classrooms, James P. Davis.- Our neighborhood: a place for heightening emotional energy in science education, Kristin Cook and Gayle Buck.- Emotions- connecting with the missing body. Liv Kondrup Kristensen and Kathrin Otrel-Cass.- Interest and emotions in science education, Morten Rask Petersen and Niels Bonderup Dohn.- Science and the arts: curriculum integration, learning and emotions in schools, Tatiana Chemi.- PART III WELLNESS AND WELLBEING IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.- Jin Shin Jyutsu and ameliorating emotion, enhancing mindfulness, and sustaining productive learning environments, Ken Tobin, Konstantinos Alexakos, Anna Malyukova, and Al-Karim H. Gangji.- The role of care in environmental education, Cassie F. Quigley and Renée Lyons.- Afterword- Science education and the promises of aesthetics, emotion and wellbeing, Steve Alsop.-Index.