Social and emotional learning, or SEL, programs have flourished in schools during the last decade. While this growth has been impressive, inadequate attention has been paid to teachers’ social and emotional learning. In this course Dan Liston and Randy Testa introduce you to various rationales for why teacher SEL is needed as well as examine and reflect on various emotions in teaching and learning.
The Teacher's Social and Emotional Learning
The Teacher's Social and Emotional Learning
This course is part of The Teacher and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Specialization
Instructors: Dan Liston
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Explore the place of sadness and related emotions in teaching
Explore the role of joy and passion related in teaching and how they can concretize a teacher’s set of beliefs about education and teaching
Reflect on the definitions and roles of grit, grace, and personal wholeness in the profession of teaching
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Here we introduce what SEL is and why it is important for all teachers. We elaborate the need for the teacher to enhance her/his knowledge of self, especially his/her own social and emotional terrain. A guiding premise is that deeper teacher self-understanding facilitates and enhances deeper student relations and greater chances for the transformative possibilities for student and teacher. A related premise is that by examining our deeply held cherished beliefs and emotional responses to situations and texts, we create opportunities for further insights into why and the ways we teach.
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4 videos2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
Here we further elaborate the need for the teacher to enhance her/his knowledge of self, especially his/her emotional responses as well as deeply held beliefs.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
The value of reflection on and examination of sadness, despair, and related emotions in teaching is seen as one example of an enhanced “granularity” offered to teachers through reflection on emotions.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
The value of reflection on and examination of joy and passion, as well as other related emotions in teaching is seen as another example of an enhanced “granularity” that can be gained by teachers through a reflection on emotions.
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2 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
By contrasting “grit” and “wholeness” in teaching and learning we explore further the value we as individuals place on these two orienting dispositions.
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This is a great initiation to the SEL specialization. It covers an integral part which is the teacher's own well being that allows them to engage in SEL with their students.
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I was feeling down about my recent teaching experiences and this course has reconnected me to why I began teaching in the first place. I will return to the readings for future enlightenment.
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I am currently working on my doctoral dissertation and found the information in this course superior most information available. Thank you for an excellent experience.
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