本文採取教學行動研究觀點，透過一項長達半年的通識國文「現代小說」課程， 思考家庭結構變遷下，單親家庭經營情感的方式。並舉辦徵文活動，搜集學生心靈 書寫作業。本文思考情感教育課程如何慰藉受教者。全文包括 : (一)八週完整教案 的描繪，尤其偏重教材詮釋。(二) 採行動研究觀點，參與者每個月進行教學檢討。 (三)在兩週的情感徵文活動後，搜集250 份作文作為觀察對象。(四) 選三則獲獎作 品分析。這三文累積上世代情感不睦下的壓力，從文中呈現的文學意象與情感機制， 發現課程裡小說閱讀的同情共感作用，書寫活動都具有修補心靈的功效。

This paper is from an action research study about a six-month course , called " The Modern Novel" in which emotional education was integrated into the education curriculum. The problem statement was :How can emotional education benefit students? The study was conducted as follows: (1) curriculum for a "The Modern Novel" course was created and implemented, incorporating the application of emotional education techniques, designed to analyze student assignments. (2) the action research strategy was examined monthly by the professor and participates. (3)Two writing sessions at the end of the course were given; students were assigned to write about family or romantic relationships. These were collected as data. (4)Three compositions about the long-term influence of parental disharmony were chosen to analyze the potential for the development of psychological growth from the integration of emotional education into undergraduate literature curriculum.