................................................................................................................................. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ ix LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. xvii LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... xviii CHAPTER 1 .................................................................................................................................. 1 EXPLORING EMOTIONS IN A MATH PEDAGOGY COURSE ......................................... 1 Integrating the Exploration of Teacher’s Emotions into a Math Pedagogy Course ........... 2 Conflicts in Axiology ................................................................................................................. 3 Acknowledging and Exploring Emotions ................................................................................... 4 Teacher | Researcher ................................................................................................................. 5 Making Meaning of What is Happening ................................................................................. 8 Teachers’ Emotions and Emotional Responses .......................................................................... 9 Emotions and Emotional Responses ...................................................................................... 10 Biological Lens of Emotions ................................................................................................... 11 Neurological Lens of Emotions .............................................................................................. 12 Cultural Lens of Emotions ..................................................................................................... 14 Cognitive Lens of Emotions .................................................................................................... 15 Mind | Body Lens .................................................................................................................... 16 Dramaturgical and Symbolic Interaction Theories ............................................................. 18 Symbolic Interactionist Theory .............................................................................................. 19