Unboxing Social and Emotional Learning
Unboxing Social and Emotional Learning
Podcast Description
We are a group of friends, educators, and scholars (but hopefully not the gate-keeping kind) who use podcasting to speak critically, honestly, and open-mindedly about the excitements and concerns we have about social and emotional learning (SEL). What happens when sociality and emotionality, two things that have always been a part of learning, become seen as measurable in a world of marketized and self-managed education? How can we bust SEL out of any boxed-in definitions, and how might we unpack its complexity? Join us in asking questions without easy answers and taking the time to peel back layers of education that are often left undisturbed.Contact us at: [email protected]
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Centers on critical perspectives about SEL, covering topics such as the interplay of SEL with politics, cultural appropriation in practices like mindfulness and yoga, human-nonhuman relationships, settler colonial impacts, neoliberal influences, and societal crises. Episodes examine how SEL intersects with educational politics and cultural issues, like the contentious debate around SEL as a 'Trojan Horse' for various ideologies.
We are a group of friends, educators, and scholars (but hopefully not the gate-keeping kind) who use podcasting to speak critically, honestly, and open-mindedly about the excitements and concerns we have about social and emotional learning (SEL). What happens when sociality and emotionality, two things that have always been a part of learning, become seen as measurable in a world of marketized and self-managed education? How can we bust SEL out of any boxed-in definitions, and how might we unpack its complexity? Join us in asking questions without easy answers and taking the time to peel back layers of education that are often left undisturbed.
Contact us at: [email protected]
Chris McNutt joins us for a transformative conversation about his work as the co-founder and executive director of Human Restoration Project, a nonprofit organization focused on truly listening to youth and reimagining school at a systems level. Chris shares what he has learned about SEL through ‘empathetic interviews’ with young people, and how schools might meaningfully engage with students’ wisdom rather than undermine it. “It’s simple,” he says, “but not easy.” Tune in for the full discussion!
Participants:
Melvin Chan, BSc, MA, York University
Jinan El Sabbagh, PhD, Oklahoma State University
Emma McMain, PhD, University of Arkansas
Chris McNutt, Human Restoration Project
Facilitator: Emma McMain
Editor: Adam Engelbrecht
References and Resources:
- About Human Restoration Project: https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/about
- Empathy Interview Protocols: https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/resources/empathy-interview-protocols
- Street Data: A Next-Generation Model of Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation (Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan): https://www.corwin.com/books/street-data-271852?srsltid=AfmBOoqgo33XnGfKekuqfIaPEDFbbBUxs0KI9KLWRXT5MiDvHIwcp9A-#main-content
- Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education (Alex Shevrin Venet): https://www.phoenixbooks.biz/book/9780393714739
- Deborah Meier and the Small Schools Movement: https://naeducation.org/member/deborah-meier/
- Zoe Weil and the Institute for Humane Education: https://humaneeducation.org/about-ihe/meet-zoe-weil/
- The Labor of Lunch (Jennifer Gaddis): https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-labor-of-lunch/paper
- Transforming School Food Politics Around the World (Jennifer Gaddis): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548113/transforming-school-food-politics-around-the-world/
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