Learning and Teaching
How might we teach SEAL through discrete learning opportunities?
Where schools have implemented SEAL most effectively they have provided an opportunity for pupils to learn social and emotional skills through focused learning opportunities. These have often been placed within PSHE or tutor periods but other subject areas also lend themselves well to this sort of work, for example drama and English. SEAL provides a set of learning opportunities for use in Year 7. These are based upon some key learning and teaching approaches that might be applied generally. These learning opportunities require some key learning and teaching approaches which are:
- providing a safe learning environment;
- warm-ups and energizers;
- collaborative group challenges;
- group enquiry;
- experiential learning opportunities;
- questions for reflection and enquiry;
- building upon experience and prior learning;
- encouraging independence;
- using lesson plenaries to encourage learners to review what they have learnt and agree how they might apply their learning.
5.4.1 Reading
Video clip: Katherine Weare's presentation "Learning SEAL skills explicitly"