Issue #20 - Transforming Education Newsletter
Issue 20 of the Transforming Education Newsletter features an article by The Urban Assembly’s Dr. Judy Willis 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
The Neuro-Science Behind How Cooperative Learning Augments Social-Emotional Learning Skills
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A foundational component of SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) is cooperation and collaboration. Cooperative learning is not a new learning tool, but it has never been more valuable than it is currently. With globalization, technological and communication advances continue to increase the quantity of accessible information and opportunities for advancement in all realms of human endeavor. The brain has the neural networks that can, with guidance, prepare students through the executive functions, emotional self-awareness and control, interactive social skills to become effective participants, problem solvers, and innovators in the 21st century and beyond. As educators, we can, and must, provide those opportunities and shoulder our share of responsibility to prepare...[Read Full Story Here]
🎫 Upcoming Global Events
💡 Educator Antiracism Conference Day 3
📆 August 13, 2022
🏛 Hosted by Educators for Anti-Racism
🎟 Ticket: Free Entry
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💡 Social Emotional Learning & Whole Child Education
📆 August 18, 2022
🏛 Hosted by Selected
🎟 Ticket: Paid Entry
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💡 Global Citizenship Education: Challenges and Opportunities
📆 August 19, 2022
🏛 Hosted by Earth Charter International
🎟 Ticket: Paid Entry
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💫 Author Spotlight
Andreas Schleicher
Andreas Schleicher currently holds the position of Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor to the Secretary-General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
Know more about Andreas Schleicher here.
🤩 Global Citizenship Foundation Events and Updates
💫 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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Invested in your success,
— Aaryan Salman
Editor, .ed Magazine
President, Global Citizenship Foundation
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
— Henry Ford