This week we look at emotional intelligence which, in an educational context, is sometimes referred to as social and emotional learning. Social and emotional learning really blossomed in the field of education after the release of Daniel Goleman’s book, Emotional Intelligence, in 1995. Theories of social and emotional learning are at the foundation of many other elements of peace pedagogy such as conflict resolution, reflective listening, and cooperative learning. Hence, connections to social and emotional learning will continue to be referenced in other modules. We will also look at the field of positive psychology in this module. Positive psychology is a field of psychology made most famous by Dr. Martin Selligman.
The learning objectives of this module are that you will be able to:
- Define emotional intelligence
- Define social and emotional learning
- Define positive psychology and identify various elements of it
- Identify skills to enhance and develop emotional intelligence
- Connect emotional intelligence to concepts of positive psychology
- Brainstorm ways to incorporate emotional intelligence in your own learning environment
Key ideas and terms in this module are: emotional intelligence, positive psychology, emotional vocabulary, social and emotional learning, empathy, safe learning environment, comfort zone
The exercises for this week are:
- Daily peace actions (Gratitude Letters)
- Talk with your learning partner over the phone by Saturday, July 20th.
- Contribute to forum 3.1 by Sunday, July 21st @ 12:00pm
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