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I liked that fact that this article calls for a change in education and how we teach, gearing it more towards the students.  It states,” Any competent teacher recognizes that emotions and feeling affect students’ performance and learning, as does the state of the body, such as how well students have slept and eaten or whether they are feeling sick or well (3)”.  I agree that many aspects of a child are brought to the classroom and affect their education.  In education this is recognized and can be addressed with something called social capital.  Social capital basically deals with formation of relationships.  By understanding your student and where they are coming from, you can better serve them.

The article concludes stating that there is a need for further research regarding the educational implications of emotions and their role in education.  From the lack of information in this article addressing the educational aspect I think this would be a good idea considering the title of this article would lead you to believe there was more information available in this area. I think they could have done a better job of digging deeper in what little of an educational argument they had.  For example the article states, “The more educators come to understand the nature of the relationship between emotion and cognition, the better they may be able to leverage this relationship in the design of learning environments (9)”.  This is a lovely sentence, but what does it mean?  How can teachers use this as leverage? What would this look like?  They needed to go farther and talk about their education argument in depth.

The other parts of this article I am unfamiliar with and do not feel comfortable addressing; although, their research does seem interesting.  I would like to know how it links to education better.