Review article

Challenges of affective education

Vesna Buljubašić-Kuzmanović orcid.org/0000-0003-0039-0697
Senka Gazibara orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-6507

Abstract

This paper analyses national and international literature that deals with affective education. The aim of the analysis focuses on theoretical starting points of affective education, its curricular perspectives and educational implications. The results of the analysis indicate the emotional and social foundation of affective education, its co-constructive procedure of development, preventive force and predictive role in regard to personal, social and cultural development, as well as academic achievement. The challenges of affective education are gaining more and more prominence within humanistic psychology, curricular innovations and school development, as paths towards a more humane and holistic education.

Keywords

school; students; affective education; curriculum; pedagogical implications

Hrčak ID:

142227

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/142227

Publication date:

23.7.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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