The genius of good teaching lies not in providing information but in helping students to discover needs to know they never had before. Learning is a deeply personal, affective experience. Modern brain research tells us our brains are not switchboards or computers, but marvelous organs for the discovery of personal meaning, otherwise known as learning. This is a matter of personal perception and discovery. It is also an affective experience.
Emotion is an indicator of the degree to which any experience is personally meaningful.
The more personally meaningful, the greater is the degree of emotion or feeling experienced and the more profoundly behavior is affected. What is learned without personal meaning or feeling is unlikely to have much effect upon behavior. All behavior, including learning, involves self concept. What people believe about themselves affects their every behavior. The importance of the self concept in human growth, learning, and health is one of the most significant discoveries of modern psychology.