Emotional literacy key to better results
"Social emotional development programs must be integral part of schooling, US expert to tell Australian audience.
Many teachers and parents should learn better emotional and social skills in order to help children boost their school or university performance, according to a leading US research scientist.
Dr Marc A. Brackett, deputy director of Yale University’s Health, Emotion, and Behaviour Laboratory, is in Australia to present a keynote address to the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists national conference, to be held at the University of Melbourne tomorrow.
Speaking ahead of the conference, Brackett said that programs to help combat social problems in schools, such as underperformance, anxiety and bullying, were becoming more common. However, the most lasting results – and the greatest improvement in academic results – occurred only when family members and adults working with children also improved their emotional skills, he said.
Brackett has devised a program called RULER (therulerapproach.org), which sets out five skills that helps children and adults to better manage their emotions. Since its creation eight years ago, his team has helped children and adults develop the skills of recognising, understanding, labelling, expressing and regulating emotions. RULER has now been adopted by hundreds of schools in the US.
Research into the program suggests that students armed with the RULER program had 17 per cent fewer problems such as learning and attention difficulties. They also recorded 19 per cent better study, social and leadership skills, and 11 per cent better marks.
“Most schools invite us in because they want students to be better at regulating their emotions, but you can’t succeed at one aspect of this without developing the other RULER skills
“These programs are often seen as an add-on, but in fact they must be fully integrated into every aspect of the day. To be effective, teachers, school leaders and even parents or other family members need to make sure they are living these principles,” Brackett said.
In Australia, social and emotional education has been pioneered by the Federal Government-funded KidsMatter Primary program, which has been piloted in more than 100 schools since 2006. The Australian Psychological Society is a development partner in the initiative, on which Professor Lyn Littlefield, executive director, will give a keynote address at the conference.
Professor Andrew Martin, of the University of Sydney, will also speak on motivation and engagement and local psychologists will present research papers on the effectiveness of whole-school anti-bullying policies and the heightened prevalence of autism among hearing-impaired children."
Go to www.psychology.org.au or www.kidsmatter.edu.au
Many teachers and parents should learn better emotional and social skills in order to help children boost their school or university performance, according to a leading US research scientist.
Dr Marc A. Brackett, deputy director of Yale University’s Health, Emotion, and Behaviour Laboratory, is in Australia to present a keynote address to the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists national conference, to be held at the University of Melbourne tomorrow.
Speaking ahead of the conference, Brackett said that programs to help combat social problems in schools, such as underperformance, anxiety and bullying, were becoming more common. However, the most lasting results – and the greatest improvement in academic results – occurred only when family members and adults working with children also improved their emotional skills, he said.
Brackett has devised a program called RULER (therulerapproach.org), which sets out five skills that helps children and adults to better manage their emotions. Since its creation eight years ago, his team has helped children and adults develop the skills of recognising, understanding, labelling, expressing and regulating emotions. RULER has now been adopted by hundreds of schools in the US.
Research into the program suggests that students armed with the RULER program had 17 per cent fewer problems such as learning and attention difficulties. They also recorded 19 per cent better study, social and leadership skills, and 11 per cent better marks.
“Most schools invite us in because they want students to be better at regulating their emotions, but you can’t succeed at one aspect of this without developing the other RULER skills
“These programs are often seen as an add-on, but in fact they must be fully integrated into every aspect of the day. To be effective, teachers, school leaders and even parents or other family members need to make sure they are living these principles,” Brackett said.
In Australia, social and emotional education has been pioneered by the Federal Government-funded KidsMatter Primary program, which has been piloted in more than 100 schools since 2006. The Australian Psychological Society is a development partner in the initiative, on which Professor Lyn Littlefield, executive director, will give a keynote address at the conference.
Professor Andrew Martin, of the University of Sydney, will also speak on motivation and engagement and local psychologists will present research papers on the effectiveness of whole-school anti-bullying policies and the heightened prevalence of autism among hearing-impaired children."
Go to www.psychology.org.au or www.kidsmatter.edu.au
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