In this blog, written for Macmillan in 2023, you will find a handout with some practical activities to help grow your young learners’ social awareness, but first I explore what social emotional learning is and why it matters.
The well-known psychologist and educational reformer Dewey once wrote that education is not only about what one knows, it is as much -if not more- about influencing the kind of person one will become. Not only academically, but also socially and emotionally. Getting along with others, in the classroom and beyond, is an essential life skill.
To read more click on this link for the hand-out.