General SEL
Socio-emotional learning
What is bibliotherapy?
The use of literature to promote mental health
What is mindfulness?
The awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment
Define Peaceful Educuation
The process of promoting the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values needed to bring about behaviour changes …to prevent conflict and violence, both overt and structural; to resolve conflict peacefully; and to create the conditions conducive to peace
Define restorative practices?
A social science that studies how to build social capital and achieve social discipline through participatory learning and decision-making
Give an example of self awareness
Recognizing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and how it influences your behavior
What are 3 types of literature than can be used for bibliotherapy?
Short story, poem, music, visual art, performing arts (dance, theatre), nature sounds, spoken word
Should a teacher be reading off of a script?
No!
What do peace educators serve as?
Ambassadors of peace-building
Free points! What was your favorite part of the presentation?
Everything!!
Give an example of social awareness
Taking the perspective and empathizing with others
What are the three pillars of the process
The participant, the literature, the facilitator
What are the 2 mindful skills?
Focus and awareness
What is the goal of peace education?
All students to be actively invested in resolving conflicts and reaching a long-term reconciliation
Give an example of how educators can use restorative practices?
Common classroom values, guidelines, or conditions, as opposed to classroom rules
What were the 4 SEL practices discussed in the presentation?
What is the order of bibliotherapy
The literature is shared, the participant has a personal response to the literature, then has a discussion with the facilitator about the literature
Name 2 forms of mindfulness that can be used in an educational setting
Yoga, mediation, mindful eating, and mindful breaks
What can peace education be used to address?
Classroom or school conflict resolution, tolerance for diversity in the school and community, reconciliation efforts, and for encouraging cooperative learning
What can educators do to achieve the goals of restorative practices?
Through a complete transformation of their pedagogies where everything they do is centered on restorative practices.
Self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision making
What does bibliotherapy help with?
This requires all parties to recognize the emotions that come from the literature, then sort out and evaluate them into a response
What can mindfulness accomplish?
It regulates their behavior and improves their social skills while also lowering their stress and anxiety levels
Name 3 of the 5 main postulates
It explains the roots of violence
It teaches an alternative of violence
It adjusts to cover different forms of violence
Peace itself is a process that varies according to context
Conflict is omnipresent
Name 3 of the 6 goals of restorative practices
To reduce crime, violence, and bullying
To improve human behavior
To strengthen civil society
To provide effective leadership
To restore relationships
To repair harm