emotion-led learning
nounUK /ɪˈməʊʃən lɛd ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
US /ɪˈmoʊʃən lɛd ˈlɜːrnɪŋ/
Learning that starts with feelings and uses them to help you understand things.
In emotion-led learning, the teacher asks how the story made the children feel before talking about its lesson.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A teaching method where lessons are built around students' emotional responses to a topic.
The school adopted emotion-led learning so that children could connect history to their own feelings.
3. The idea that strong feelings help people remember and understand new information better.
Emotion-led learning explains why we recall songs that made us happy as kids.
4. A classroom approach that puts care and emotional safety before facts and tests.
With emotion-led learning, the teacher checks in on how everyone feels before starting the math lesson.