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.
This course is part of the The Teacher and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Why SEL and the teacher?
What does teaching do to teachers?
Sadness and despair in teaching
Joy, passion, and enjoyment in teaching
Reviews
- 5 stars77.52%
- 4 stars17.87%
- 3 stars2.47%
- 2 stars0.70%
- 1 star1.41%
TOP REVIEWS FROM THE TEACHER'S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Very helpful and easy to understand. Videos and learning recordings are very helpful. Thank you for all the support. Look ahead for more learnings and insights.
Helpful course and enjoyed the process. To improve the course it may be beneficial to add more modern articles and some more information on contemporary research.
A course full of insights; intellectually, emotionally and spiritually engaging. Thanks, I will continue with the other courses in the specialization as is transformative!!
It is an amazing course for all teachers and educationists who want to dig deep into the subject of social and emotional learning. I learned so many things and I hope it will benefit me in the future.
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