The Educator's Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement; Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom

by Maurice J. Elias

• ISBN13: 9781412914819
• ISBN10: 1412914817
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-13
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This comprehensive guide to emotional intelligence presents best practices from more than 25 experts, creating a new gold standard for bringing social-emotional learning into every classroom.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Acknowledgments	ix
About the Editors	x
About the Contributors	xii
Introduction: About This Book	xviii
Part I: The Fundamental Connection of Social-Emotional Learning/Emotional Intelligence, Academic Performance, and the Process of Learning	1	(42)
The Connection Between Academic and Social-Emotional Learning	4	(11)
Maurice J. Elias
Brain Development and Social-Emotional Learning: An Introduction for Educators	15	(20)
Carol A. Kusche
Mark T. Greenberg
Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence: Finding Common Ground in the Classroom	35	(8)
Thomas Hatch
Mindy L. Kornhaber
PART II: How Social-Emotional Learning/Emotional Intelligence Creates Synergy in Key Contexts in Education: Service and Citizenship, School-to-Work, Health, Teacher Preparation, and Professional Development	43	(46)
The Connection Between Character, Service, and Social-Emotional Learning	46	(12)
Sheldon Berman
Mary Hansberry McCarthy
From School to Work: Social-Emotional Learning as the Vital Connection	58	(4)
Cary Cherniss
Daniel Goleman
Physical Health, Social-Emotional Skills, and Academic Success Are Inseparable	62	(5)
Susan F. Wooley
Marcia A. Rubin
Addressing Social-Emotional Education in Teacher Education	67	(9)
Janet Patti
Raising Your New Teacher's Emotional Intelligence: How Using Social-Emotional Competencies Can Make Your First Year of Teaching Less Stressful and More Successful	76	(7)
Rose Reissman
The Professional Inquiry Kit: One Avenue for Exploring, Enhancing, and Applying Emotional Intelligence in Schools	83	(6)
Pam Robbins
PART III: Educators Tell Their Stories: How to Bring Social-Emotional Learning/Emotional Intelligence Into Classrooms	89	(169)
I Can Problem Solve: An Interpersonal Cognitive Problem-Solving Approach for Children	92	(10)
Myrna B. Shure
Teaching Preschool Children Coping Skills for Stress Management	102	(7)
Gloria S. Elder
Jennie C. Trotter
Morning Meeting: Teaching the Art of Caring Conversation	109	(10)
Roxann Kriete
Raising Healthy Children: School Intervention Strategies to Develop Prosocial Behaviors	119	(12)
Kevin Haggerty
Carol Cummings
Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving: A Theoretically Sound, Evidence-Based Framework for Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom	131	(9)
Linda Bruene Butler
Victoria Poedubicky
Inside Open Circle	140	(10)
Beverly J. Koteff
Pamela Seigle
Teaching Emotional Literacy in Elementary School Classrooms: The Paths Curriculum	150	(11)
Carol A. Kusche
Mark T. Greenberg
The Second Step Program: Social-Emotional Skills for Violence Prevention	161	(14)
Joan Cole Duffell
Kathy Beland
Karin Frey
Fostering Caring, Character, and Responsibility in Schools	175	(13)
Susan Carroll Keister
Teaching Life Skills in the Schools	188	(9)
Steven J. Danish
Tanya Forneris
Read and Serve: Student-Centered Service Learning and Literacy	197	(11)
Rose Reissman
Heroes to the Rescue: Reaching the Roots of Learning	208	(8)
Eliot Rosenbloom
Ann Medlock
The Best Practices in Prevention Curriculum: Foundational Life Skills for General and Special Education	216	(15)
Ellen Dietz
Joanne Glancy
Mike Dobbins
Teenage Health Teaching Modules: Social-Emotional Learning in the Context of Health Education	231	(9)
Christine Blaber
Facing History and Ourselves	240	(7)
Martin E. Sleeper
Margot Stern Strom
The ``Senior Passage'' Course	247	(11)
Rachael Kessler
Epilogue	258	(3)
Index	261