Learning

When students return to education, they may feel fear or anxiety regarding the pandemic. Educators will need to deploy existing skills in new ways and/or develop new skills to overcome such adversity and continue to thrive.

Before we move into 2020, we wanted to take a look back at what education looked like in 2019.

While social and emotional learning is important for all children and youth, for those in conflict and crisis, it is critical. Research from the developed world and emerging evidence in crisis-affected countries demonstrates that the harmful effects of toxic stress can be stopped or even reversed when children are exposed to safe and predictable learning environments, and actively participate in explicit social-emotional learning (SEL) activities.

SEL adds to the lives of individuals and communities in many ways, from combating toxic stress to academic achievement to strong economic returns.