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Category Archives: Creativity
Why Many SEL Programs Fail
“Although ‘Social-Emotional-Learning may be intended to empower students, many elementary students in these programs learn to equate leadership with obedience. Please follow and like us:
Posted in Achievement, Authority, Brain Development, Calling, Challenge, Character, Children, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Collaboration, Conflict and Issues, Creativity, Culture, decision-making, Discipline, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Empathy, Empowerment, Excellence, Failure, Genius, Gifted, Happiness, Inspiration, Integrity, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, parenting, perseverance, Play, Relationships, Resilience, Respect, Responsibility, School Culture, School Reform, SEL, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Social Responsibility, Success, Teaching
Tagged building character, character, child-rearing, conflict, decision making, education, Emotional control, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, learning social skills, Parenting, responsibility, school, school reform, SEL, teaching, teaching responsibility
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Social-Emotional-Cognitive Learning
SEL (“Social-Emotional Learning”) has become popular, but we must go deeper. Education occurs only when social-emotional and cognitive learning occur at the same time. Academics must occur in the context of SEC learning. Please follow and like us:
Posted in Brain Development, Children, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Collaboration, Conflict and Issues, Creativity, Culture, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Empowerment, Executive Function, Genius, Happiness, Leadership, Learning, Relationships, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Standards, Success, Teaching
Tagged conflict, education, Genius, Learning, learning social skills, school reform, self-actualization, success, teachers, teaching
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Making Your Self Whole
If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. —The Gospel of Thomas Kathryn, an academic, athletic and … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Children, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Creativity, Culture, Education, Executive Function, Genius, Learning, parenting, Relationships, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Social Anxiety, teenager
Tagged building character, character, child-rearing, conflict, decision making, Discipline, education, Genius, kids, Parenting, school reform, Self-determination, teaching
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Loneliness
Young people are among the loneliest of all Americans. Schools that teach kids how to deal with feelings of isolation could help put a dent in the epidemic, writes Ashley Fetters in “To Prevent Loneliness, Start in the Classroom” (Atlantic, … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Children, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Collaboration, Creativity, Culture, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Fun, Genius, Leadership, Learning, parenting, Play, Relationships, School Culture, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Social Responsibility, Teaching
Tagged building character, child-rearing, education, Emotional control, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning community, learning social skills, Parenting, responsibility, school, school reform, social responsibility, teaching
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Authority
At nine months, granddaughter Zoe, pulled herself into a standing position at a small wooden stool in our kitchen. Her cousins were nearby, and five-year-old Ilyas put a small square block in front of her. With dramatic force, she swatted … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Children, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Creativity, decision-making, Education, Empowerment, Executive Function, Genius, Learning, parenting, Play, Relationships, School Culture, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Teaching
Tagged Authority, building character, character, child-rearing, conflict, decision making, Discipline, education, Emotional control, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, learning social skills, Parenting, school reform, teachers, teaching
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