Five Keys to Successful Social and Emotional Learning

Social and Emotional Learning Research Review Editor's Note: This article was originally written by Vanessa Vega, with subsequent updates made by the Edutopia staff. Numerous research reports show that social and emotional learning (SEL) can have a positive impact on students' academic performance. Edutopia's SEL research review explores those reports and helps make sense of the results. In this series of four articles, learn how researchers define social and emotional learning, review some of the possible learning outcomes, get our recommendations of evidence-based programs, find tips for avoiding pitfalls when implementing SEL programs, and dig in to a comprehensive annotated bibliography with links to all the studies and reports cited in these pages. What is Social and Emotional Learning? How do we define social and emotional learning (SEL)? Learning Outcomes SEL Skills and Academic Success Relationships and emotional processes affect how and what we learn.

Social and Emotional Learning Research Review: Annotated Bibliography Aber, J. L., Jones, S. M. Brown, J. L. Chaudry, N. & Samples, F. (1998). Aber, J. Barnes, V. Billig, S. (2002). Black, D. Brock, L. Cain, G. & Carnellor, Y. (2008). Cooke, M.B., Ford, J., Levine, J., Bourke, C., Newell, L. & Lapidus, G. (2007). Durlak, J., Weissberg, R. Elias, M. Frey, K. Gordon, R., Ji, P., Mulhall, P., Shaw, B., & Weissberg, R. Grossman, D. Jones, S. Marzano, R. McCarney, S.B. & Wunderlich, K.C. (2006). Napoli, M., Krech, P.R. & Holley, L.C. (2005). Raikes Foundation. Rimm-Kaufman, S. Rimm-Kaufman, S. Santos R. Sawyer, L. Schonert-Reichl, K.

edutopia How do children learn to care enough about others that they reap the personal rewards associated with giving? When young people develop empathy, they not only thrive in school and life, but they also impact their communities in positive, often extraordinary ways. Individual and societal success depends on raising and educating children who care about others. But we have misled today's children to believe that success is achieved through test scores, material wealth, and personal gain. In turn, there has been a measurable shift toward self-centeredness at a time when society depends more, not less, on people who give of themselves. Developed through emotional attachment with other human beings, empathy is our ability to recognize, feel, and respond to the needs and suffering of other people. The Foundation of Caring and Engaged Citizenship Image credit: Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD 6 Empathy-Building Habits of Great Teachers 1. 2. 3. These civic roles are intertwined with developing empathy.

5 Powerful Questions Teachers Can Ask Students My first year teaching a literacy coach came to observe my classroom. After the students left, she commented on how I asked the whole class a question, would wait just a few seconds, and then answer it myself. "It's cute," she added. So that day, I learned about wait/think time. Many would agree that for inquiry to be alive and well in a classroom that, amongst other things, the teacher needs to be expert at asking strategic questions, and not only asking well-designed ones, but ones that will also lead students to questions of their own. I also learned over the years that asking straightforward, simply-worded questions can be just as effective as those intricate ones. #1. This question interrupts us from telling too much. #2. After students share what they think, this follow-up question pushes them to provide reasoning for their thinking. #3. When this question is asked, students can make connections to their ideas and thoughts with things they've experienced, read, and have seen. #4.

Empathie à l'école. Transformer l'idéal en réalité Créativité, attitudes entrepreneuriales, sensibilité aux enjeux sociaux, résolution de problèmes. L’importance de ces compétences pour demain est régulièrement rappelée, en particulier dans les travaux de l’OCDE, qui a rédigé récemment un rapport sur l’impact des compétences socio-affectives en termes de progrès social. Sans surprise, les compétences socio-affectives comme l’estime de soi ou l’extraversion se répercutent sur la réussite scolaire, l’accès à l’enseignement supérieur (et une rémunération plus élevée), et jouent aussi un rôle de réduction de risques sociaux (addictions diverses comme le tabagisme, l’alcoolisme etc.), comme le montre une étude longitudinale menée en Nouvelle Zélande, « Competent children, competent learners » sur un groupe d’apprenants suivis pendant 25 ans. Au-delà de l'affirmation de valeur «Eduquer pour résoudre les problèmes mondiaux.», des initiatives pratiques montrent que l'idéal peut devenir réalité. L’empathie à l’école La citoyenneté mondiale 1.

Making Sure They Are Learning Sarah Kaufmann: I think of authentic assessment as my ability to teach each student where they actually are. I'm Sarah Kaufmann. I teach sixth grade humanities at School of the Future. In order to know where they actually are, I have to be able to assess them really specifically and in a variety of ways that are appropriate for that student, so that what I'm doing is every day giving that child an environment where they're challenged, where they feel good about what they're learning and they feel like they're learning. Stacy Goldstein: What's been amazing to watch in Sarah's class as a sixth grade teacher is also, she just is extremely rigorous in what she demands from the kids. Sarah Kaufmann: A lot of that work started with myself when I would think about reading and I would do Post-Its while I read to figure out what I was actually asking the students to do. Eamon McCormick: We always work in groups, whether it's working off of writing or working off Post-Its.

Being Me Skip to content Being Me Thanks for all your entries they were all great. Please check out the gallery page to see what's important about being you! image gallery Being Me By Lauren 5C Bee (NSW) By ALP Elanora State School (QLD) By Jack Surf hand By Surf Tacking Point Public School (NSW) Rainbow By Rainbow me Happy By Tacking Point team 1 Me being me! By Murf Natone Primary School (TAS) By MOT Resources and Lesson Plans for Social and Emotional Learning | Edutopia Kentucky's Jefferson County school district shares details about administration, school culture, professional development, and curriculum -- materials that you may adapt for your class or school. Click on any of the titles below to download a PDF of one of Jefferson County Public Schools' resources for success. PDF files can be viewed on a wide variety of platforms -- both as a browser plug-in or a stand-alone application -- with Adobe's free Acrobat Reader program. Click here to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. To download a free version of the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, visit Microsoft's Download Center.] Resources On This Page: Elementary School - Professional Training Documents CARE for Kids elementary-school professional development plan 640K Expectations of CARE for Kids schools 244K CARE for Kids implementation calendar, grades K-1 460K CARE for Kids implementation calendar, grades 2-5 260K CARE for Kids general implementation calendar 452K Middle School - Useful Resources

5 classic ice breakers you can use with all learners Making learners comfortable on the first day of class, after a holiday, or even when coming together for the first time in a few days, can be beneficial in establishing, fostering and rekindling a positive learning environment. By taking time to do a few icebreakers, we can help learners become more comfortable with one another, and consequently more willing to participate in class. Icebreakers should never be seen as a waste of time: integrating icebreakers is a fantastic way to get ideas flowing… and never forget that! Here, then, are five old favorites that work in any situation and never fail to get your classes energized. 1. To set this activity up, divide learners into small groups or pairs, and get them to choose a place they’ve visited. 2. I love this simple activity, which works just like the game Taboo. Ice breakers are a really important part of a lesson. 3. For this one you simply need to start with a simple if phrase for your learners to complete. 4. 5. Have you used these?

edutopia Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Empathy has the capacity to transform individual lives for the better while helping to bring about positive social change in schools and communities worldwide. In psychology, there are currently two common approaches to empathy: shared emotional response and perspective taking. Shared emotional response, or affective empathy, occurs when an individual shares another person’s emotions. An example from our own lives came when a group of friends joined Marcus as he crossed the finish line of a half-marathon—they threw their arms up just as he did, mimicking his stance. Individuals in an audience involuntarily mirroring a speaker’s smile is another example of this type of empathy. Perspective taking, also known as cognitive empathy, occurs when a person is able to imagine herself in the situation of another. Modeling Teachers can be role models who, by example, show students the power of empathy in relationships.

The Best Ways to Connect in Just 10 Minutes with Kids of All Ages To start this year, since so many people would like to have more patience or more connection with their kids, I am sharing a small piece of my online course, Everyday Connections. You can join the wait list for next time time course is held right here. Special Time - Special time is a simple concept with big results. The good news is this doesn’t even require boat loads of patience. How can just ten minutes together have an impact? The short time period is what makes Special Time so powerful. Ten minutes is enough to get you started, to give you moments of joy with your children that lead you to want to create those moments more often. My Favorite 10 Minute Activities for Connecting With Kids Conversation Opportunities to open a dialogue with your child can happen when you’re working on a project or doing a chore together, going on a walk, or taking just one child on an errand. Family Contributions Certain things just have to get done. Make your own list of ways to connect with you kids

Map of the percentage of people speaking English in the EU by country Tip: Did you know that the plural of “sheep” is “sheep”, not “sheeps”? Learn more about the most com­mon gram­mar mis­takes in Eng­lish (PDF ver­sion). Some na­tive Eng­lish speak­ers’ at­ti­tude to­wards learn­ing for­eign lan­guages can be sum­ma­rized as “why should I learn a for­eign lan­guage if pretty much every­body speaks Eng­lish?” While it is true that Eng­lish is among the most com­monly learned sec­ond lan­guages in the world, only a small per­cent­age of the world pop­u­la­tion are able to speak it at a con­ver­sa­tional level. Eu­rope is tra­di­tion­ally very Eng­lish-ori­ented (in com­par­i­son with the rest of the world); al­most all EU cit­i­zens have had at least some con­tact with Eng­lish dur­ing their life. How­ever, when it comes to ac­tu­ally speak­ing it with at least a rudi­men­tary level of pro­fi­ciency, the num­bers are not as much in favour of those with the at­ti­tude de­scribed above.