Emotions and learning

This booklet addresses the emotions experienced by students at school. I discuss the nature and diversity of these emotions, their functions for students’ learning, their individual antecedents, ways to regulate these emotions, and the influence of teachers, lessons, test-taking, peers and the family. From these discussions, I suggest guidelines about how teachers can understand students’ emotions and what they can do to help students develop emotions that promote learning and development, and prevent emotions that are harmful.