ABSTRACT
From a practical perspective, emotions are important because of their influence on learning and development, but students' emotional well-being should also be regarded as an educational goal that is important in itself. This chapter suggests 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. However, the degree to which guidelines on student emotions follow from firm evidence differs depending on the emotion. The chapter presents some sets of guidelines that are organized around some major issues namely: Understanding Emotions; Individual and Cultural Differences; Positive Emotions and Learning; Negative Emotions and Learning; Self-Confidence, Task Values, and Emotions; Emotion Regulation; Classroom Instruction, Learning Environments, and Teacher Emotions; Goal Structures and Achievement Standards; Test-Taking and Feedback; Family, Peers, and School Reform.
