EQ + IQ = Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools

EQ + IQ = Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools

Author: Maurice J. Elias

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2002-11-20

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1483360660

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"Schools cannot teach character . . . School have to create an environment that models and promotes character development, and then they have to allow the children to ′catch′ character from the behavior of the adults and students around them." —From Chapter 1 by James P. Comer Let today′s educational leaders show you how to create a safe, healthy, and successful classroom community! Combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is the essential key to developing knowledgeable, caring, healthy, and successful students in today′s troubled world. Social-emotional skills often are not taught at home, but they are in fact the crucial connection that enables students to master and retain content knowledge while also creating a classroom atmosphere filled with proficient, civic-minded students with sound judgment and problem-solving skills that will last a lifetime. In this dynamic book, today′s educational leaders offer their best ideas for building school communities that are safe, smart, caring, successful, and emotionally intelligent. Key topics include: Transforming the Lives of Children (James P. Comer) Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (Mary Utne O′Brien, Roger P. Weissberg, Timothy P. Shriver) How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning (Ronald S. Brandt) A Vision of Schools with Heart and Spirit (Linda Lantieri) Institutionalizing Programming for Social and Emotional Learning (Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, Jacqueline A. Norris) Implementing a Social and Emotional Learning Program (Carol Apacki)


Developing Children's Emotional Intelligence

Developing Children's Emotional Intelligence

Author: Shahnaz Bahman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2008-07-25

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1441175261

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Today's world presents children with a wide-range of challenges that can hinder their personal and academic development. It is essential, therefore that as educators we equip children with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful not just academically but also in life. Although there is a real pressure for schools to meet academic standards it is possible for practitioners to stimulate emotional growth through everyday classroom activities. By carefully planning a curriculum that encourages children to explore their feelings through imaginative media and make-believe play, healthy emotional growth can occur. The authors of this timely book provide a wealth of practical tools and techniques that you can use with your children to successfully develop their emotional intelligence.


Emotional Intelligence at Work

Emotional Intelligence at Work

Author: Chi-Sum Wong

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1317377753

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Emotional intelligence is a very popular concept since it was made known to the general public in 1995. However, it was under severe criticisms among scientific researchers and a lot of them did not believe that it should be accepted by scientists as true knowledge. The author of this book, who is one of the pioneers in this topic, spent sixteen years to study this concept. Together with other researchers, they gradually changed the conclusion of early researchers. Using rigorously scientific standards, this research team demonstrated that emotional intelligence is an intelligence dimension that has significant impact on various life outcomes such as life satisfaction and job performance. They developed testable theoretical framework for emotional intelligence in the workplace, and attempted to show that the trainability of emotional intelligence is larger than traditional intelligence concept. The book looks at, not only the scientific reports, but all the stories behind some of the rigorous scientific studies in the author's 18-year journey. Their choice of research designs and how the designs are suitable to provide scientific evidence to demonstrate the validity of emotional intelligence are also described. Through this book, the process of scientific enquiry and important issues concerning the emotional intelligence concept are revealed in details by vivid stories and rigorous scientific reports.


Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

Author: Daniel Goleman

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 2012-01-11

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0553903209

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#1 BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart, with a new introduction by the author “A thoughtfully written, persuasive account explaining emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial.”—USA Today Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our “two minds”—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny. Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well. These factors, which include self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy, add up to a different way of being smart—and they aren’t fixed at birth. Although shaped by childhood experiences, emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened throughout our adulthood—with immediate benefits to our health, our relationships, and our work. The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Emotional Intelligence could not come at a better time—we spend so much of our time online, more and more jobs are becoming automated and digitized, and our children are picking up new technology faster than we ever imagined. With a new introduction from the author, the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition prepares readers, now more than ever, to reach their fullest potential and stand out from the pack with the help of EI.


Educational Practices

Educational Practices

Author: D. B. Rao

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9788171418350

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Contents: How Children Learn?, Motivation to Learn, Academic and Social- Emotional Learning, Preventing Behaviour Problems: What Workers?, Parents and Learning, Improving Student Achievement in Mathematics, Teaching, Tutoring, Teaching Reading, Teaching Additional Languages, Effective Educational Practices, Preventing HIV/AIDS in Schools, Assessing Learning Performance.


Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning

Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning

Author: Joseph E. Zins

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0807776211

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In this groundbreaking book, nationally recognized leaders in education and psychology examine the relationships between social emotional education and school success—specifically focusing on interventions that enhance student learning. Offering scientific evidence and practical examples, this volume points out the many benefits of social emotional learning programs. “Today’s growing emphasis on academic success and school accountability makes SEL programs more relevant—and useful—to schools than ever before. This groundbreaking book belongs on the shelves of all who are interested in giving students essential tools to succeed.” —From the Foreword by Daniel Goleman “An excellent, authoritative collection of the best ideas, programs, and expert advice available in the field of social and emotional learning. This book is both scholarly and practical.” —Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard University “Recommended reading for new and experienced educators, mental health professionals, and anyone interested in learning more about promoting the healthy development of children.” —Marsha Kline Pruett, Yale University School of Medicine, Law and Psychiatry and Yale Child Study Center “This book offers valuable research showing social and emotional learning as more than ‘touchy-feely’—it is at the heart of academic achievement. This is a must-read for anyone who cares about the whole child.” —Paul Houston, Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators


Failure Is Not an Option

Failure Is Not an Option

Author: Alan M. Blankstein

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2012-12-20

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1452299846

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School improvement that lasts: find out how with this masterful guide! New case studies and field-tested tools and techniques uncover indispensible insights in the powerful third edition of this bestseller. Discover why more than 350,000 educators have used this book to create schools that sustain success for every student. Build high-performing leadership teams across schools and districts through: Engagement strategies and capacity-building questions to help staff and students target meaningful goals New real-world examples to help stakeholders maintain collaborative cultures in the face of new teacher evaluations and merit pay, RTI and Common Core mandates, and diverse settings New tools, forms, and video segments on a companion website


Emotional Literacy in the Early Years

Emotional Literacy in the Early Years

Author: Christine Bruce

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2010-09-21

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1446242528

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Emotional literacy and health and wellbeing have been placed at the heart of good practice by the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda and the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in England, and the Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland, and this book provides clear guidance and lots of practical strategies for how to implement this ethos in your setting. Offering an explanation of emotional literacy, why it matters and how to make it happen in practice, this book looks at ways to promote and develop emotional literacy with young children through: - Circle Time - drama - storytelling - physical education - outdoor play - active learning It highlights the benefits of this ethos for all, and looks at how the emotionally literate setting supports inclusion and promotes achievement. Full of case studies of children aged 3 to 8, ideas for practice, photographs, points for reflection, photocopiable materials, and accompanied by a wide range of downloadable material available on the SAGE website, this is an indispensable guide for the early years practitioner. It is highly relevant to those looking at the transition from Early Years to Primary education, as well as the social, emotional and behavioural needs of young children.