Social awareness is about our ability to understand the perspectives of other people. This includes having compassion andnrespect for others, regardless their background or culture. (CASEL)
For us as teachers, this means having very keen understanding about situational changes in the classroom, and how to build an emotionally supportive learning environment.
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Sometimes I see people heading west on the beach near my house (where this picture was taken), regardless of the time for the next high tide. Sometimes the waves can get suprisingly high, leaving very little or no beach at all between the waters and the pretty high bluff without a road nearby. Similarly, being aware of the social and emotional situations in the classroom is important, and we can learn to understand the ebb and flow of classroom interactions. Fostering positive emotions in classroom is easier by intentionally using student-centered practices.
Student-centered and emotionally safe pedagogy is a choice, an instructional approach in any level of education. It is not a handbook of tips and tricks, to add diversity and equity into instruction, or help us survive our challenging days in the education profession. It is being intellectually and emotionally present when a student needs us. It is also about choosing the instructional strategies to support every students’ individual learning process and learner agency[1]
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Nina
Smith, N.C. (2017). Students’ perceptions of learner agency: A phenomenographic inquiry into the lived learning experiences of high school students. (Doctoral Dissertation). Northeastern Repository
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