Sentences with phrase «important social competencies»

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Such information is important because the development of social competencies during middle childhood has been linked to adjustment to schooling and academic success, while the failure to develop such competencies can lead to problem behavior that interferes with success in school (Bennett et al. 2003; Carlson et al. 1999; Farrington 1989; Fors, Crepaz, and Hayes 1999; Malecki and Elliot 2002; McCord et al. 2000; Najaka, Gottfredson, and Wilson 2001; O'Donnell, Hawkins, and Abbott 1995; Trzesniewski et al. 2006; Wentzel 1993).»

Here's just one example: After almost a year in Head Start (with an average cost of about $ 7,700 in 2005), children were able to name only about two more letters than their non — Head Start counterparts, and they did not show any significant gains on much more important measures, such as early math learning, vocabulary, oral comprehension (more indicative of later reading comprehension), motivation to learn, or social competencies, including the ability to interact with peers and teachers.

In reviewing LTLT competencies reflected in national curricula, it is also important to note that while some countries have specific subjects dedicated to LTLT competencies such as peace and education, civics, human rights or moral education, others may rely upon «carrier» subjects such as social science and history for the less explicit transferal of LTLT illustrative competencies.

Educators will hear how competency - based education, a focus on college - and career - readiness, creating caring environments, and social - emotional learning can play important roles in closing achievement gaps and reaching all learners.

This is not a new question; social and emotional competencies have increasingly been acknowledged as an essential component of a well - rounded education with important implications for lifelong success.

In these service projects these students were gaining and demonstrating important competencies for life, for work and for civic engagement: compassion, empathy, imagination, complex thinking, the capacity to understand social challenges, the skills to identify a point of entry to address them, and the courage, commitment and skills to implicate themselves and to collaborate across several dimensions of difference in constructing a solution.

These engaging books, games, and videos teach families about social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies and encourage them to practice and reinforce these important skills.

Daniel Goleman, renowned psychologist and a pioneer in social emotional learning, described how emotional intelligence is more important to success than cognitive competency and how the leadership of school principals can strategically influence school culture to include methods and activities to enhance emotional intelligence.

Two of the most important social emotional learning competencies are Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision Making Skills.

To do this well, we need to develop the important early career professional competency of promoting dialogue on difficult and complex social issues.

The peer group represents an important and unique context for the development of a wide range of skills and competencies in early childhood.1 Simply stated, «playing with friends» helps young children acquire and practice social (e.g., resolving conflicts), cognitive (e.g., perspective - taking), emotional (self - regulation) and communicative skills that provide foundations for their subsequent development.

It also features the important work of CASEL — the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning in defining social and emotional competencies and supporting schools in integrating these core life sSocial and Emotional Learning in defining social and emotional competencies and supporting schools in integrating these core life ssocial and emotional competencies and supporting schools in integrating these core life skills.

«B.C. is taking important steps to integrate social and personal competency into the school curriculum.