Teaching Affective Citizenship Education: The Role of Emotions When Discussing Controversial Issues

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Seven
  In Roundtable Session: Teachers' and Students' Perceptions of Citizenship Education (Table 10)

Abstract

Affective citizenship identifies which emotional relationships between people are recognized and endorsed or rejected, and how citizens are encouraged to feel about themselves and others. This paper aims to expand upon the concept of affective citizenship and how it can be used in a ‘rational’ field like education by focusing on the role of emotions in the discussion of controversial issues that are part of citizenship education. The findings of this study provide a more nuanced picture of how secondary school teachers think about the role of emotions during citizenship education practices and offer an innovative, much-needed view on how emotions are constructed, contained, and managed during classroom discussions.

Authors

• Emma Carey Brummer, University of Antwerp
  Presenting Author

• Noel Clycq, University of Antwerp
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jan Vanhoof, Antwerp University
  Non-Presenting Author