Submitted by Jodi from Walden University (not verified) on March 24, 2008 - 19:08.
This is a wonderful article. I find that we as teachers not only need to educate learners with information, but in today’s world we are also responsible for helping them develop socially. I implement a couple of the ideas mentioned in this article and have had great results with them. I introduce the students to universal values at the beginning of the year. I also have an area where the students are allowed to write "put-ups" to anyone in the class. These are read once a week out loud to the class. Once read the receiver of the "put-up" must say thank you. The students absolutely love this time and are often asking when we will be reading them aloud next. This helps them focus on building others up and not putting them down. I have had great success so far with building a community within my class by demanding they treat each other properly and use polite manners. Visiting teachers comment on how my class is like a "little community". I believe that if a learner has a positive self image and environment they will excel. Something I had not considered was the involvement of parents being trained. This is something that I would like to investigate further. I can see the positive effect on having such a program in the community.
Emotional Intelligence: The Missing Piece
Submitted by Jodi from Walden University (not verified) on March 24, 2008 - 19:08.
This is a wonderful article. I find that we as teachers not only need to educate learners with information, but in today’s world we are also responsible for helping them develop socially. I implement a couple of the ideas mentioned in this article and have had great results with them. I introduce the students to universal values at the beginning of the year. I also have an area where the students are allowed to write "put-ups" to anyone in the class. These are read once a week out loud to the class. Once read the receiver of the "put-up" must say thank you. The students absolutely love this time and are often asking when we will be reading them aloud next. This helps them focus on building others up and not putting them down. I have had great success so far with building a community within my class by demanding they treat each other properly and use polite manners. Visiting teachers comment on how my class is like a "little community". I believe that if a learner has a positive self image and environment they will excel. Something I had not considered was the involvement of parents being trained. This is something that I would like to investigate further. I can see the positive effect on having such a program in the community.