Posted by Chip on July 16, 2010
A great emphasis in education these days is the call for “21st Century Skills” to be taught in PreK–12 education. The purpose of this emphasis is to bring curriculum and instruction into alignment and relevance with the environment today’s students will live and work in as adults.
There is no universal agreement on what the list [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Education Reform |
Tags: 21st century skills, Education Reform, social-emotional development, social-emotional learning | 
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Posted by Chip on July 8, 2010
A number of studies in early childhood classrooms have documented that “self-regulation predicts academic performance in first grade, over and above cognitive skills and family background.” (Examples of these studies: Blair, 2002; Farran, 2010; McClelland, M. M.; Piccinin, A., & Stallings, M. C., 2010; Raver & Knitzer, 2002).
Educators are increasingly becoming aware that social and [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Education Reform, Managing Behavior, Social and Emotional Learning, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: bullying, Developmental Designs, Developmental Education, Developmental Studies Center, Managing Behavior, Open Circle, Responsive Classroom approach, social-emotional development, social-emotional learning, Tools of the Mind | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on May 11, 2010
Standing up with self-control is the final of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, responsibility and empathy.
The ability to control and regulate feelings, thoughts, and actions are at the core of cognitive growth and [...]
Categories: Building Community, Managing Behavior, Positive Attributes, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Positive Attributes, Responsive Classroom approach, self-control, social skills, social-emotional learning | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on May 5, 2010
As reported by the Boston Globe, on May 4, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed into law one of the most comprehensive antibullying measures ever passed. The family of 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, who killed himself in April 2009 after extensive bullying, attended the signing, as did a group of teenagers who advocated for a statewide [...]
Categories: Building Community, Managing Behavior, Positive Attributes, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Community, bullying, cooperation, empathy, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Positive Attributes, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 28, 2010
Responsibility is one of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, empathy, and self-control.
Standing up to the bullying and other mean and hurtful behavior that children see happening in their classrooms, in the cafeteria, on [...]
Categories: Building Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Positive Attributes, responsibillity, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 22, 2010
Assertion is one of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, responsibility, empathy, and self-control.
Teaching assertion is the business of raising every voice in the classroom every day with conscious purposefulness.
If we don’t teach children how [...]
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Tags: assertion, Building Community, bullying, children’s positive attributes, Managing Behavior, Morning Meeting, Positive Attributes, Responsive Classroom approach, social-emotional learning | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 14, 2010
In reflecting on some of the responses to my last blog about bullying (and what we can do to be more proactive in our classrooms and schools to address this serious issue at all grade levels), I spent some time thinking more deeply about the social skills at the core of the Responsive Classroom® approach [...]
Categories: Building Community, Managing Behavior, Positive Attributes, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Positive Attributes, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on March 30, 2010
Six high school students have been charged following a long investigation into the tragic suicide of fifteen year-old Phoebe Prince who killed herself on January 14 after being bullied in school, on Facebook, and through text messages in South Hadley, Massachusetts. As reported by WWLP News:
District Attorney Scheibel said that Phoebe was bullied regularly for [...]
Categories: Building Community, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions and Concerns, Schoolwide Initiatives |
Tags: Building Community, bullying, children and technology, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions and Concerns, social-emotional learning | 11 Comments »
Posted by Chip on February 8, 2010
A short time ago, we lost one of the clearest and most courageous voices in the field of education. Rachael Kessler, author of The Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School and a leader in the field of social and emotional learning, passed away at the end of January.
Rachael knew [...]
Categories: Building Community, Building Relationships with Children, Developmental Needs |
Tags: Building Community, building relationships with children, PassageWorks, Rachael Kessler, social-emotional learning, The Soul of Education | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on December 10, 2007
One way I often model and practice what it means to be a strong learning partner is by having a “game” period where children play checkers, chess, mancala, pick-up sticks, partner card games with each other followed by the partners filling out a “partner reflection sheet” to comment on what they learned from playing with [...]
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