Positive psychology meets K-12 pedagogy. This course explores key ideas of positive psychology and shows how great teachers apply those lessons to maximize student engagement and accomplishment. Through lectures, discussions, interviews and footage of great educators in action, you’ll learn how to integrate character-based objectives into your own teaching.
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Teaching Character and Creating Positive Classrooms
Relay Graduate School of EducationAbout this Course
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Relay Graduate School of Education
Relay Graduate School of Education is a ground-breaking graduate school with an innovative Master's degree program designed specifically to respond to today's urgent demand for effective and successful teachers.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Your Character Journey
Let's begin with an exploration of our own strengths of character... we all have them!
The Science of Character
This module explores the research base that supports the teaching of character.
Teaching Character in Every Moment
Character education starts with an intentional approach to every human-to-human interaction.
Macro Structures
Create a plan for teaching character and then work every day to make it happen.
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TOP REVIEWS FROM TEACHING CHARACTER AND CREATING POSITIVE CLASSROOMS
This course gives great examples related to how to integrate character development through teacher feedback in a positive, respective and encouraging manner that develops resiliency and self-efficacy.
This is really helpful. I've noticed that after taking this course, I am applying it to the actual field especially in my daily conversations with my students. I'm very happy because of this course!
This is a very comprehensive course and all the sources they use are very concise and educational. I recommend this course to both teachers and parents to strengthen the character of their children.
Thank you for a very informative and well-paced course that is able to be to put into use immediately. I highly recommend this for all teachers, coaches and individuals who work with young people.
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