Issue #14 - Transforming Education Newsletter
Issue 14 of the Transforming Education Newsletter features an article by the University of Central Florida's Sacha Cartagena from the 2nd Edition of the .ed Magazine — a quarterly curated issue-based digital magazine for educators.
What do you get in this newsletter?
⛳️ Article of the week; ☘️ Three upcoming 🗓 global events ; 💫 Author spotlight, along with 🗞news and updates from the Global Citizenship Foundation.
Do scroll towards the end of the newsletter to know how you can help me and my team :)
🌟 Featured Article
Social-Emotional Learning — An Essential Vehicle to Promote Inclusive Education
Authentic social-emotional learning can benefit all students, as it necessitates the inclusion of students of all forms of diversity, especially students with disabilities, to meet the objectives outlined within this definition of SEL.
Inclusion is a necessary component of social-emotional learning (SEL), and effective SEL is a vehicle for successful inclusion. The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning(1), a leading organization in SEL research and implementation, defines SEL as the process of acquiring the “knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions”(2). For students with disabilities, SEL targets many skill deficits manifested by cognitive and emotional disabilities. Authentic social-emotional learning necessitates the inclusion of students of...[Read Full Story Here]
🎫 Upcoming Global Events
💡 Virtual Session on Language Friendly School
📆 December 2, 2021
🏛 Hosted by ERGO
🎟 Ticket: Free Entry
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💡 Virtual Conference: micro:bit LIVE 2021
📆 December 3-4, 2021
🏛 Hosted by Micro:bit Educational Foundation
🎟 Ticket: Free Entry
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💡Panel Discussion: Adaptations and Successes- Insights from teaching during a pandemic
📆 December 7, 2021
🏛 Hosted by Pearson
🎟 Ticket: Free Entry
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💫 Author Spotlight
Dr. Stephanie M. Jones is the Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Child Development and Education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. Her research, anchored in prevention science, focuses on the effects of poverty and exposure to violence on children and youth’s social, emotional, and behavioral development.
Know more about Dr. Stephanie M. Jones here.
🤩 Global Citizenship Foundation Events and Updates
💡 Youth Opportunity: Mentor-Intern Program Cohort 8 Launched!
A unique and carefully curated global internship program infused with social-emotional learning (SEL) to foster leadership through personal and professional skills enhancement.
Mentor-Internship Program offers young people an incredible opportunity to experience the Culture of Practice and through reflective actions in a global workplace.
Mentor-Intern Program is a one-of-a-kind platform for individuals to develop essential skills and competencies required to thrive in the workplace and in life. We are excited to announce the applications for Mentor-Intern Program Cohort-VIII for January intake are now live.
To know more about Internship Opportunities available, please visit the link and view the prospectus.
💫 Read the .ed Magazine Issue on 'Mainstreaming Social and Emotional Learning.'
The .ed Magazine is an issue-based quarterly digital publication that brings changemakers, policymakers, educators, and thought-leaders together to contribute to this initiative. This latest edition focuses on mainstreaming Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), including SEL strategies, challenges, approaches, models, and ideas for educators to deliver more impactful and effective SEL.
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Please stay safe and do take care!
Invested in your success,
— Aaryan Salman
Editor, .ed Magazine
President, Global Citizenship Foundation
"There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more." - Robert M. Hensel