Eclectic Technology

Jackie Gerstein has written quite a number of posts that look at The Other 21st Century Skills and Attributes. This post provides an infographic that includes two or three questions that you should ask yourself to see if you are 'facilitating these skills and attributes in the learning environment.

Gerstein also includes links to previous posts where she discusses the specific skills and attributes in more detail.

Should schools "teach kids about emotions and conflict negotiation in the same way they teach math and reading?" There are many who say yes to this question, and this piece from  NPR provides a look at why it should be considered.

There is a program called Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) that helps students recognize and express their emotions. Twiggy the Turtle is a key character, and with Twiggy students learn skills to use, skills that help them with social-emotional learning.

The program has been around since 1980. In 1991 Kenneth Dodge, a psychologist at Duke University, began a long-term study to see how programs that helped teach about social-emotional learning actually worked. His work was recently published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and the data shows they are successful.

The joy of finding great resources on PBS is that you can choose to read the text or to listen to the program. To learn more about this work click through to the post.