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"A lot of talk, press, and focus in this era of learning is on common core standards and 21st century skills and literacies. What is often neglected is the importance of building social emotional skills within the classroom."
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This post from Jackie Gerstein has two guiding principles :
* Social-Emotional skills and strategies should be addressed and taught in school settings.
* Video and online games can promote SEL skills and as such, should be integrated into classroom instruction.
Gerstein has divided this article in two sections. The first section looks at Social Emotional Skills in School. The image provides a guide social and emtional core competitencies which include:
* Self-management
* Self-awareness
* Responsible decision making
* Relationship skills
* Social Awareness
The second part of the post looks at the social emotional benefits of gaming. In this well researched post Gerstein provides a look at how gaming increases students self-awareness, allows them to self-manage their emotions to meet goals, promotes social awareness ("to be able to see the world through another person’s eyes"), build relationship skills and make responsible decisions. Each of these sections are described in detail with links provided throughout the post as are links to references.
Do you have students in your class that need to grow their social-emotional skills and strategies? If you recognize this need in your classroom take the time to read this article. It may provide you with some new ideas to try in your classroom.
There is a lot to be said for teaching the whole student by making sure these skills are developed and encouraged as an equally important part of 21st century learning.
´Destaca que la construcción de habilidades sociales y emocionales asegura mayores resultados académicos y personales
Are you interested in designing e-learning and video based games for children and youth in India that impact social emotional learning. Get in touch with us at Dreamcatchers so that we can work together.
The following article outlines the gains from social emotional learning and the use of video games as is being discovered in the West.