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Character Development: The Other Side of the Report Card

... now have a few names to describe skills such as sound character and citizenship: emotional intelligence, social and emotional ... a blend of social and emotional learning and character education, created based on educator input after a decade of implementing the ...

Spiral Notebook - Maurice Elias - 8/6/2008

Moral Aptitude: Schools Cultivate the Character Development of their Students

... leverage the best practices of two intersecting movements: character education and social and emotional learning (SEL). Activities and standards ...

Article - - 8/19/2008

How To: Teach Character in the Classroom

... Mary Harbolt and Gayle Quigley have made life-skills education a staple of their team-taught fourth-grade classroom at Faubion ... respect. Why should schools get involved in teaching character? Shouldn't those lessons come from home? It has to do with ...

Article - - 8/12/2008

"Just Because": A Random Act of Unkindness

... social and emotional learning, emotional intelligence, character education. It's easy to be cynical, to decide that it doesn't matter how many ...

Spiral Notebook - Mark Nichol - 8/6/2008

Social and Emotional Learning

... and how of effective social and emotional learning and character development. Topic Focus: Why Champion Social ... Guided Search: bullying + character education + mental health + motivation + dropouts ...

7/7/2008

Start with the Pyramid: Real-World Issues Motivate Students

... learning that freely crosses disciplines provides an education superior to the traditional "algebra at age nine, Civil War at ten, ... their products demonstrate a deep understanding of theme, character, plot, and setting and often demonstrate their ability to symbolize ...

Article - - 8/5/2008

Technology Integration

... settings. "We're Here to Raise Kids": Character Development Is Key: Students prepare a day ahead for Ben Franklin ... related to technology (as described in the ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Students). Demonstrate continual growth ...

7/17/2008

Cooperative Arithmetic: How to Teach Math as a Social Activity

... about teachers like us. We represent all that is good in education, and others need to know it is possible. Contacting teacher in ... It is sometimes difficult to incorporate teaching character at the same time as you are teaching content. This video has given ...

Media - 8/18/2008

Emotional Intelligence: The Missing Piece

... situations." He calls it the "missing piece" in American education. Students in Sarah Button’s fifth-grade class at ... you give the child the skills to be that way.'" The character education movement , which promotes universal values like respect, ...

Article - - 8/6/2008

Project-Based Learning: An Overview

... I am studying, I might start the unit with a PBL on character traits and how they are or are not used today. Usually I have our character education director work with me by asking my students to address the need for ...

Media - 8/18/2008