Study: A combined teaching + app gratitude program helps adolescents address anxiety and improve mental health

By Greater Good Science Center | October 16, 2020

Stu­dents and edu­ca­tors have start­ed a new school year in the midst of a pan­dem­ic, an eco­nom­ic cri­sis, a reck­on­ing with racial injus­tice, and a divi­sive polit­i­cal cli­mate. Everyone’s men­tal health is at risk, and schools are search­ing for ways to sup­port young people’s well-being in addi­tion to their aca­d­e­m­ic learning.

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Six tips for social-emotional learning (SEL) to transfer into real-world skills

By Greater Good Science Center | May 11, 2018

___ Social-emo­­tion­al learn­ing (SEL) teach­es the key atti­tudes and skills nec­es­sary for under­stand­ing and man­ag­ing emo­tions, lis­ten­ing, feel­ing and show­ing empa­thy for oth­ers, and mak­ing thought­ful, respon­si­ble deci­sions. For five years, I was an edu­ca­tor in the field teach­ing mind­ful­ness and emo­tion­al skills to teenagers at six dif­fer­ent high schools. Over and over, I saw…

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Study: Mindfulness training for teachers can result in a better learning environment for students

By Greater Good Science Center | March 3, 2017

— No one would argue with the fact that teach­ing is stress­ful. Not only is the work high­ly chal­leng­ing, teach­ers are also fre­quent­ly under­paid, under­val­ued, and sub­ject to harsh scruti­ny. No won­der teacher burnout is on the rise and that many feel like leav­ing their pro­fes­sion. But teacher stress is not only a prob­lem for…

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How to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning into Common Core Standards

By Greater Good Science Center | February 7, 2014

Do the Com­mon Core State Stan­dards under­mine social-emo­­tion­al learn­ing? Many edu­ca­tors think so. In a recent Ed Week op-ed, an ele­men­tary prin­ci­pal argued that teach­ers were too busy teach­ing Com­mon Core to address the social-emo­­tion­al devel­op­ment of their stu­dents. I’ve heard the same argu­ment from many teach­ers. This is trou­bling giv­en that researchers strong­ly sug­gest that the learn­ing process…

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Update: Major Implications from Brain Research

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 29, 2008

Here you have the twice-a-month newslet­ter with our most pop­u­lar blog posts. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, sim­ply by sub­mit­ting your email at the top of this page. Major Impli­ca­tions from Brain Research Should Social-Emo­­tion­al Learn­ing Be Part of Aca­d­e­m­ic Cur­ricu­lum?: It is clear by now that our brains…

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Brain-Based Carnival of Education, 186th Edition

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 27, 2008 |

Wel­come to the 186th edi­tion of the Car­ni­val of Edu­ca­tion, the week­ly vir­tu­al gath­er­ing of dozens of blog­gers to dis­cuss all things edu­ca­tion. Q: Why do you say this edi­tion is “brain-based”? A: Because the Q&A frame we are using is inspired by how Chris at Ouroboros recent­ly host­ed Encephalon Brain and Mind blog carnival.…

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