My end-of-year “Best” list posts continue…
I publish a regular series called SEL Weekly Update, and I thought it would useful to readers and to me to review them and highlight the ones I think are the best of the year.
You might also be interested in “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources. All my “Best” lists related to SEL, including previous editions of this Best list, can be found there.
Here are my choices from the past six months:
Why schools should not grade character traits
Slides From My Recent Student Goal-Setting Presentation
New TED-Ed Video: “How to get motivated even when you don’t feel like it”
The Best Resources About Connecting SEL To Academic Standards
How to Get Your Colleagues On Board with Your Idea is from The Harvard Business Review. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change.
How to Manage: Selling Your Ideas to Leadership is from the Harvard Business Review. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change.
Good Student-Teacher Relationships Spiked During COVID. How to Get Them Back is from The 74. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Building Positive Relationships With Students.
Benefits of failure are overrated is from Science Daily. I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures.
Restorative Justice in Schools, Explained is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Restorative Practices – Help Me Find More.
The crystallization of memory: Study reveals how practice forms new memory pathways in the brain is from Science Daily. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The 10,000 Hour Rule & Deliberate Practice.
These LGBTQ+ Terms Can Help Create A Safe School for Students is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to THE BEST WAYS TO SUPPORT LGBTQ STUDENTS.
The state of evidence for social and emotional learning: A contemporary meta-analysis of universal school-based SEL interventions is a new study.
Building Well-Being: Fostering Mental Health in Schools is from Facing History. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Teens & Stress.
The Power of Student-Teacher Relationships: A Downloadable Guide is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Building Positive Relationships With Students.
DOWNLOADABLE: Does Your School Use These 10 Dimensions of Student Belonging? is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING HOW TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF “BELONGING” AT SCHOOL.
How Everyday Rituals Can Add Meaning to Your Life is from Greater Good. I’m adding it to THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN “RITUALS” & “ROUTINES” IN THE CLASSROOM, & WHY WE NEED BOTH.
Learn by Failing? Not So Easy is an interesting video and article. The researchers suggest that we tend to learn more from hearing about other people’s failures than from our own, which promotes the importance of talking about when we’ve failed. I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures.
Addressing Work Refusal in the Classroom is a very good Edutopia article. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students.
Using Restorative Communication as a Classroom Management Tool is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Restorative Practices – Help Me Find More.
What Is Islamophobia? is from Facing History. I’m adding it to A Beginning List Of The Best Resources For Fighting Islamophobia In Schools.
What Students Are Saying About Bullying Today is from The NY Times Learning Network. I’m adding it to A Very, Very Beginning List Of The Best Resources On Bullying — Please Suggest More.
4 habits of highly effective communicators is from NPR. It shares good advice from author Charles Duhigg. I’ve previously shared other interviews with him. I’m adding it to The Best Ideas To Help Students Become Better Listeners — Contribute More.
What New Research Says About Fostering a ‘Sense of Belonging’ in Classrooms is from EdSurge. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING HOW TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF “BELONGING” AT SCHOOL.
Having self-control leads to power is from Science Daily. I’m adding it to Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control.
Forward Flow is from Character Lab. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About “Flow”
Walk the Talk is a good piece on a growth mindset. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset.”
Study suggests secret for getting teens to listen to unsolicited advice is from Science Daily. I’m adding it to THE BEST ADVICE ON GIVING & RECEIVING…ADVICE.
Implementing the 5 Factors of Belonging is by Crystal M. Watson. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING HOW TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF “BELONGING” AT SCHOOL.
My end-of-year “Best” list posts continue… I publish a regular series called SEL Weekly Update, and I thought it would useful to readers and to me to review them and highlight the ones I think are the best of the year. You might also be interested in “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources. All best of the year, SEL Update Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
