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EQ Education News: Learning from Loneliness
In this month’s newsletter, we dive into Loneliness, bringing you research and tips so you can better manage feelings of loneliness
Read MoreSEL
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults grow and practice emotional intelligence. The learnable, measurable skills of emotional intelligence are correlated with increased academic achievement, better health, stronger relationships, greater self-efficacy, and improved quality of life. These articles explore tips and strategies for social emotional learning, case studies, and more.
How Do You Want Your Students to Feel? Emotional Intelligence Tips for Teaching in 2023
Learning is both an emotional and rational process. How do we blend the two? Here is a map teachers and trainers can use to bring head and heart together in learning.
Read MoreComparing the Six Seconds Model of Emotional Intelligence and CASEL Wheel
The Six Seconds EQ Model moves the CASEL competencies into action. Learn about both frameworks and how they complement each other.
Read MoreImprove your Virtual Classroom with Social Emotional Learning: 10 Tips for Teachers and Students
Get practical tips and activities to teach social emotional learning virtually.
Read MoreWhy SEL Matters Even More in the Pandemic – and How
Education is stressed. Teachers, administrators, kids, parents are struggling – so why should we focus on social emotional learning (SEL) at a time like this? And for remote or hybrid teaching, is it even possible?
Read MoreEQ for UNICEF World Children’s Day (#28)
It’s time for POP-UP Festival in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day! While we’ll need to adapt to the challenges of 2020, THIS is the moment for this project: Children around the globe are struggling with loneliness and uncertainty. We can help.
Read MoreLearning & the Brain: Neuroscientist Immordino-Yang
At a neurological level, how does the brain actually learn, and what’s the role of emotion? What’s the implication for education and training?
Read MoreSocial Emotional Learning & Equity in Education
Is education the path to a just and equitable society, or part of systematized racism – or both? If all change starts within, then how can we grow the emotional intelligence skills needed to shift the systems and build communities of equity?
Read MoreSEL for Teacher Education (#19)
Why do educators need social emotional learning? SEL in Higher education is essential for students, but how can we teach what we don’t know? What are the essential skills aspiring educators must develop in order to be effective at the “people side” of education?
Read MoreSEL & Equity in Higher Education (#18)
For equity in college and higher education, what social emotional learning skills are needed? What will support the dialogue, awareness & empathy needed to build communities of equity?
Read MoreSocial Emotional Learning in Higher Education (#17)
Why is social emotional learning taking center stage at colleges and universities around the globe? How can SEL play a role in building communities of equity? How are teacher colleges bringing SEL into their programs?
Read MoreSelf-Science: Classroom Emotional Intelligence
I first thought it must be some new laboratory class — I soon learned that the scientific study of self changes everything… and enables us to change anything.
Read MorePOP-UP Movement: Emotional Intelligence Everywhere
POP-UP Festival in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day brought EQ to every corner of the world, activated 15k volunteers in 3900 Cities, reaching 1.67 million people.
Read MoreLessons from EQ.EDU Higher Ed Conference
How do we bridge the gap between childhood and the workforce? How can Higher Ed use EQ to improve outcomes? EQ.EDU Moving SEL into Higher Ed conference explores these topics.
Read MoreResearch: Growing an Emotionally Intelligent School
What does research show about using assessments to guide effective implementation of social emotional learning? Here are highlights from a new journal article.
Read MoreFirst Nations Youth Finding Wellbeing with Emotion, Spirit, Body & Mind
For teens struggling with a brutal addiction to solvents, hope and healing seem far away. Traditional culture & the Medicine Wheel combine with emotional intelligence to support a path forward for the children, and their counselors.
Read MoreDragonfly: Social Emotional Learning Goes Outdoors
For kids across Asia, Dragonfly’s outdoor ed and service learning program is all about self-discovery through EQ. Find out how this unique model is helping kids develop their interpersonal skills.
Read MoreImproving School Leaders’ Effectiveness Through EQ
Principals have a special role in promoting social emotional learning. Find out what the research shows works best.
Read MoreTeaching Emotional Intelligence Like a Snake Charmer
Like charming snakes requires special skills, teaching EQ in schools gives students training for life to help make positive choices and healthy relationships.
Read MoreStudying EQ in a Rural Appalachian Highschool
Can a 10-week EQ Course change the Emotional Intelligence scores of students in a rural Appalachian high school class? Eastern Kentucky is comprised of tiny towns tucked into valleys between the steep Appalachian Mountains in the heart of coal country. The region has some of the highest drop-out rates in the nation, as well as […]
Read MoreThe Case for Social Emotional Learning
What is emotional intelligence and why does it matter in education? What does current research say about “social emotional learning”?
Read MoreBully-proof Your Kids with Emotional Intelligence
Read MoreHealthy Classrooms, Emotional Intelligence, and Brain Research
Research shows social emotional learning improves classroom performance. How does it work & what does brain research show about emotion in learning?
Read MoreHow Should Educators Respond to Tragic Events?
How should educators respond to tragic events that enter our classrooms and schools? I was reading a blog post this morning that made me think about this question. The author, a 7th grade teacher in Boston, received emails from her students asking if they could change their ” current events research topic” assignment of the week […]
Read MoreThree Traps for Teaching EQ, Especially for Teens
Recently a student told me that she dreads the “SEL” class in her school because, “the teacher is so fake.” There are three key traps that lead to this kind of failure in social emotional learning, and some simple-but-challenging solutions to find a balance in inquiry, planning, and power.
Read MoreSociograms: Mapping the Emotional Dynamics of a Classroom
A sociogram is a useful tool for educators who want objective data on a classroom’s social dynamics – here’s how they work.
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence: A Key to Positive Change
In this speech, Six Seconds’ Chairman Karen McCown shares the definition, process, and purpose of teaching emotional intelligence. Karen founded the renown Nueva School in 1967 as a laboratory for integrating academic and emotional development for gifted children (it went on to win two Federal Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education).
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