Vida i emocions: treballant amb diaris personals narratius a educació secundària

This study arises out of the weekly work done by students in the second year of compulsory secondary education. The study involved writing personal diaries that gave accounts of the students' lives. The aim of the diaries was for the students to strengthen their writing and spelling skills in Catalan and to work with and from their emotions. The aims of the study were to analyse how the diary could help reinforce the emotional bonds between a Catalan teacher and her students and explore how the diaries enabled secondary school students to work with emotions. The paper sets out extracts from the diaries and from the teacher's explanations, enabling us to reflect on an education that focuses on the key actors involved. The diary narratives serve as a core element in a pedagogical approach that invites reflection on teacher training that sees the importance of emotions in the learning process.