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Ostro, Wendy L. – Educational Leadership, 2020
It is well documented that young children need social Interaction, self-determination, and play to learn. But in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, how does that translate to online learning? Psychologist and professor Wendy Ostroff suggests strategies and tips for engaging our youngest learners remotely.
Descriptors: Young Children, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction, COVID-19
Boyles, Nancy – Educational Leadership, 2018
Reading and analyzing texts with elementary students are perfect ways to introduce larger questions about the ways in which we interact with one another and the larger world. Boyles discusses how teaching social-emotional learning through literature can easily be incorporated into reading routines already in place. She includes three sample…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Socialization, Interaction
Brackett, Marc A. – Educational Leadership, 2018
When a school weaves social-emotional learning throughout its curriculum and culture--both helping students tune in to emotions and teaching "emotional skills" for handling difficult feelings--students and teachers thrive. Brackett discusses ways to develop the emotional intelligence of everyone in the school and lists five key emotion…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Emotional Intelligence, Charter Schools
Griffith, David; Slade, Sean – Educational Leadership, 2018
As social-emotional learning has gained prominence in K-12 education, some educators have wondered how ASCD's Whole Child approach intersects with this movement. In fact, the Whole Child approach encompasses and overarches the components of social-emotional learning, as well as other holistic education models, and as such can serve as a helpful…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Teaching Methods, Holistic Approach
Claxton, Guy; Costa, Arthur L.; Kallick, Bena – Educational Leadership, 2016
People use various terms to refer to traits and tendencies connected to social-emotional behavior and ways of thinking or approaching problems--from 21st century skills to mindsets to habits of mind. Such traits are also often called soft skills or non-cognitive skills. The authors contend that these latter terms imply that these traits and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Emotional Intelligence
Jung, Lee Ann; Smith, Dominique – Educational Leadership, 2018
Charts that keep (public) track of whether a student's behavior is in some equivalent of a red (problem), yellow, or green ("well-behaved") zone are ubiquitous in elementary schools. This strategy based on shaming students is due to be retired because (1) it promotes only compliance, not social-emotional learning; (2) charts don't teach…
Descriptors: Charts, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students
Rechtschaffen, Daniel; Rechtschaffen, Taylor – Educational Leadership, 2015
Considering that most educators think it is essential to help children attain meaningful, emotionally satisfying lives, teaching should start with developing ways of being that lead to healthy personal development. Teaching mindfulness--practices that focus and calm one's mind--is a key foundation of such development, according to the authors, who…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Human Body, Cognitive Processes
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Bilmes, Jenna – Educational Leadership, 2012
Ten percent of kindergartners show behavior problems or disrupt their class. This number triples for at-risk children. And children with self-control problems rarely succeed academically. With all a teacher has to accomplish during the kindergarten year, having students who lack the skills to "do school" is a real challenge. Other students are…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Kindergarten, Young Children, Social Development
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Bodrova, Elena; Leong, Deborah J. – Educational Leadership, 2005
Early childhood education must bolster basic cognitive and social-emotional competencies to prepare children for authentic learning. The preschool educators should view academic skills and concepts as valuable tools in the process of developing essential competencies.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Cognitive Development, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Johnson, George; Poliner, Rachel; Bonaiuto, Susan – Educational Leadership, 2005
Many schools are using evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs to prevent certain student behaviors such as bullying and harassment, drug and alcohol abuse and violence. The changing of students' social and emotional behavior requires more than skill lessons, as it requires attention to the environment in which students learn.
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Affective Behavior, Alcohol Abuse, Emotional Development