A
growing body of evidence shows that high
quality Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programming in school leads to improvements in students’ attitudes
(motivation and commitment to school), behaviors (participation and study
habits), and academic performance (grades, scores, and subject mastery). Source:
The scientific base linking social and emotional learning to school
success
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Zins, J.E., Bloodworth, M.R., Weissberg, R.P., and Walberg, H. (2004). In J.
Zins, R.P. Weissberg, M. Wang and H.J. Walberg, (Eds.),
Building academic success on
social and emotional learning: What the research says
, New York: Teachers College Press.
The Benefits of Social and Emotional Learning
What Neuroscientists say
about SEL
(2007). Richard Davidson, University of Wisconsin neuroscientist, has
studied the effects of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) on the brain. His research shows how
different emotions, particularly strong negative emotions, can affect
the brain’s functioning. He postulates and has shown through brain imaging,
that Social and Emotional Learning (SEL),
a process that teaches children how to regulate emotion, can actually
change the structure and functioning of the brain.
The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning
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Social Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention