Pedagogies of Kindness
What is kindness? It's a term that's used a lot these days and I'm not sure everyone has an agreed understanding of what it means. In doing some research I can see that it's something of an umbrella term, a collection of behaviours and attitudes that are perceived as kind by others. In learning and educational settings this is closely linked with Social and Emtional Learning (SEL) and Binfet et al. (2016) highlights that such SEL strategies are shown to not only improve student behaviour, but also has a positive effect on student academic achievements too. ( "Have you ever taken the time to notice that when you expect something to have a positive outcome that your effort goes up significantly that you put into the project? ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Our expectations have an enormous influence on what we achieve and t" by GrindingForSuccess is licensed under CC BY 2.0 ) If you read my previous recent blog post, I do believe that it's...