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ACARA: personal and social capability
This video is made from a sales team point of view. Obviously schools are not about that but the concept of focussing on solutions rather than problems is a good way to create team work, collaboration...
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True Grit: The Best Measure of Success and How to Teach It
Can you predict academic success or whether a child will graduate? You can, but not how you might think.When psychologist Angela Duckworth (3)studied people in various challenging situations, including...
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What’s Your Learning Disposition? How to Foster Students’ Mindsets
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck’s work on growth mindsets has dominated much of the attention around how students can influence their own learning. But there are other ways to help students tap into...
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Teaching Empathy: Turning a Lesson Plan into a Life Skill
Worried about the shrinking presence of empathy in our schools? I know how you feel.With classrooms operating more like grade factories, it's hard to make the case for school-driven empathy. Faced with...
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Global Education Database | This chart can change your mindset and unlock new...
Maree Whiteley's insight:The chart is based on Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck who talks about the power of our mindset as well as our beliefs around challenge. Just like how we learned to...
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Inventive Games That Teach Kids About Empathy and Social Skills
Play is nothing if not social. Games organize play, allowing us to wrangle it and use it to experiment with the world. When we play games, more often than not, it's us under the microscope.See it on...
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Social and Emotional Learning
Over the last decade, increased attention has been paid to the social and emotional learning (SEL) needs of children.Maree Whiteley's insight:(null)See it on Scoop.it, via Personal and Social Capability
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A Feelings Walking Tour: Surveying Your School Culture and Climate
Take a walk through your building or workplace and attend to the feelings you have. No, not an actual walk -- a symbolic one. By so doing, you will learn a lot about the culture and climate of yMaree...
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Exploring the Idea of ‘Happiness’ As Part of School Work
Two schools are approaching a project about their own happiness in very different ways based on the context of their schools and lives.Maree Whiteley's insight:Be happy See it on Scoop.it, via Personal...
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Ice Breaker Lesson #4 Coat of Arms
Summary: This is the fourth lesson of a series of ice breaker lessons that you can use with a variety of different children/adolescents over the start of the new year. Ice breakers are great for...
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Empathy: the Key to Social and Emotional Learning
Educators are aware that social problems like poverty, unsafe neighborhoods, violence, and family trauma can affect how students learn when they come to schooMaree Whiteley's insight:So many links...
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5 Reasons To Start Practicing Mindfulness Right Now
What is mindfulness? And do you know the benefits it can provide you? Here are 5 reasons why you should start practicing mindfulness right now.Maree Whiteley's insight:Mindfulness is increasingly...
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Checklist of The 21st Century Learning and Work Skills ~ Educational...
Maree Whiteley's insight:Skills, attitudes, and attributes come closest to what students need to learn. The learning that can be taken forward has to be grounded in concrete work being done by students...
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Books About Adversity - No Time For Flash Cards
Books about adversity. Teach children about resilience, strength , and empathy.Maree Whiteley's insight:A wonderful collection of picture books and novels that teach children about resilience,...
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Could mindfulness help teachers manage stress?
Amanda Bailey explains how she teaches mindfulness skills in school to help staff and students manage stress and improve concentrationMaree Whiteley's insight:A fabulous article that will resonate...
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How Mindful Children React Differently to Challenges (Illustrated)
One thing I know from my work is that mindful children react differently to challenges. To show you exactly what I mean, I've created a few illustrations....Maree Whiteley's insight:Teaching children...
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Why Emotional Learning May Be As Important As The ABCs
A growing body of research suggests that teaching really young kids how to recognize and express their feelings can help them into their adult lives.Maree Whiteley's insight:Promoting Alternative...
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In an Era of Conflict, Healing the World One Classroom at a Time
Thom Markham offers a set of principles to help educators see beyond immediate reforms to the education system.Maree Whiteley's insight:Are we in danger of losing a generation of children to a world...
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#aussieED Social Emotional Learning - Part 1 (with images, tweets) · MRsalakas
A Social Media Story storified by Brett SalakasMaree Whiteley's insight:Social Emotional Learning is a vital part of our role as educators. Here's Part 1 of a recent Twitter conversation #aussieEDSee...
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#aussieED Social and Emotional Learning Part 2 (with images, tweets) · MRsalakas
A Social Media Story storified by Brett SalakasMaree Whiteley's insight:Part 2 of the Social and Emotional #aussieED chat this weekend. Some very insightful comments and useful resources.See it on...
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Teaching Children Philosophy
Doing philosophy with children through children's literature.Maree Whiteley's insight:Doing philosophy with children is a great way to improve their verbal skills. They learn to listen carefully to...
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Fighting Student Anxiety and Lack of Engagement with Free Play and...
In a recent paper written by Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, she dives into the mental health of our current studentMaree Whiteley's insight:What a sad reflection...
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To Help Students Learn, Engage the Emotions
“It is literally neurobiologically impossible to think deeply about things that you don’t care about,” says the neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang.Maree Whiteley's insight:Such important messages...
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Wellbeing Teachmeet #TMWA_SW (with images, tweets) · 18maree
A full day Professional and Personal Learning, hosted by @KerryMuste and @AmieMeyer4 at Our Lady of the Cape PS Dunsborough, in the beautiful south-west wine region of Western A.ustralia.Maree...
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The Secret Power of Play
Recess time isn't just a break from school. It helps kids learn to be human.Maree Whiteley's insight:Play is so basic to childhood that it is seen even among children in the most dire conditions, in...
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First Day Teaching Toolkit
The First Day Teaching Toolkit is mapped to the Australian Curriculum. It explores themes relevant to the Year 6/7 transition, including values, identity, resilience, friendships, and inclusivity. …...
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Personal and Social Capability | The Australian Curriculum
Students develop personal and social capability as they learn to understand themselves and others, and manage their relationships, lives, work and learning more effectively. Personal and social...
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