Social Emotional Archives

What Role Does Empathy Play In Learning?

Learning / February 28, 2022 February 28, 2022 / Social Emotional, Terry Heick

The relationship between learning goals & empathy may be unclear. What and why we choose to study are deeply human pursuits.

Social-Emotional Learning promotes well-being while using the benefits of that well-being to promote academic and personal growth.

Emotional intelligence is a person’s capacity to manage their feelings in order to appropriately and accurately express them.

As teachers incorporate collaborative learning in their lesson plans, it is critical that they model active listening to their students.

Bandura’s Social Learning theory explained that children learn in social environments by observing and then imitating the behavior of others.

Teaching / September 20, 2021 January 19, 2022 / Random, Social Emotional, Whole Child

There are elements of play, leveling up, and a sense of mastery or achievement upon accomplishing each challenge.

Teaching / September 9, 2021 January 16, 2022 / Social Emotional, Student Engagement

More authentic and diverse in-school social groups can engage challenging, hard-to-reach students in powerful ways.

Teaching / July 5, 2021 January 28, 2022 / Social Emotional, Terry Heick

Social-emotional learning is part of the bedrock of critical literacy: helping them care enough to change themselves.

Lisa Thomas Prince and Lori Gustafson offer the following ten tips for teaching mindfulness in the classroom at any grade level.

Learning / April 29, 2021 February 18, 2022 / Resources, Social Emotional

This list of the best SEL resources for teachers and students include apps, prompts, activities, lessons, and more.

Fundraising for a local cause is an important lesson in community activism and can lead to a sense of purpose for students.