Developing Emotions: Feelings in the Classroom

Queen Mary History of Emotions

Developing Emotions is a pioneering programme of lessons designed to promote emotional literacy and emotional awareness in school children. It has been developed as a collaboration between the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London and TKAT Multi-Academy Trust. In February and March 2020 the lessons were piloted in eight schools, including Napier Primary Academy in Kent. In this episode, Thomas Dixon visits Napier School and talks with teachers there about the importance of thinking about emotions in the classroom in ways that go beyond traditional PSHE approaches. The aim is to build children's confidence in using words and images for different feelings and emotions - from love and friendship to worries, tears, and laughter - through history, drama, philosophy, and art. Read more about the Developing Emotions project here: https://emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/2020/04/developing-emotions/ Register to access resources here: https://emotionslab.org/schools/register/ Presenter: Professor Thomas Dixon, Queen Mary University of London Contributors: Rebekah Hudson and Holly Hodsoll, Napier Primary Academy Produced by Emma Barnaby for Whistledown.