Volume : 2 | Issue : 7 | July 2013 • ISSN No 2277 - 8179

Research Paper

Education

Role of Emotion in Learning Process
N. Evelyn Thayamani

KEYWORDS : Emotion, Learning,
Feelings and Amygdala

Research scholar,Center for Research in Education, Thava Thiru Kundrakudi Adigalar
College Campus,Kundrakudi, Sivagangai District - 630 206. Tamil Nadu, South India

Dr M. Parimala Fathima Research co-ordinator, Center for Research in Education, Thava Thiru Kundrakudi Adigalar
Dr S. Mohan

ABSTRACT

College Campus,Kundrakudi, Sivagangai District - 630 206. Tamil Nadu, South India

Director, Center for Research in Education, Thava Thiru Kundrakudi Adigalar College
Campus,Kundrakudi, Sivagangai District - 630 206. Tamil Nadu, South India

This study is an attempt to discuss the role of emotion in learning process. Emotions are important in the classroom in two major ways. First, emotions have an impact on learning. They influence our ability to process information and to accurately understand what we encounter. For these reasons, it is important for teachers to create a positive, emotionally safe classroom environment to provide for the optimal learning of students. Second, learning how to manage feelings and interfere with learning occurs when students are anxious about their school-work (Cole, 1991; Dobson & Dobson, 1981). Students who are depressed or anxious about learning often do not feel competent academically. Teachers will understand how their students’ emotions affect learning. Teachers will understand the need to make judgments about when emotions are interfering with or supporting learning

Introduction
Emotions are important in the classroom in two major ways.
First, emotions have an impact on learning. They influence our ability to process information and to accurately understand what we encounter. For these reasons, it is