{"id":394,"date":"2018-12-18T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/character\/?p=394"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:40:02","slug":"the-three-es-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/character\/blog\/2018\/12\/18\/the-three-es-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three “E’s” in December"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Ed DeRoche\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Last month\u2019s blog focused on the \u201cG\u201d (gratitude) in the word \u201cThanksgiving.\u201d Of the ten blogs I have written this past year, the \u201cG\u201d blog received the most responses.<\/p>\n

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Well, when you\u2019re on a roll, why change things?<\/p>\n

So as you know, the word \u201cDecember\u201d has three E\u2019s in it. I selected three special E\u2019s to discuss this month \u2013 Emotions, Empathy and Engagement.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>EMOTIONS<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Several months ago I read Dacher Keltner\u2019s book, Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life. He writes that emotions that bring out the \u201cgood in others and in one\u2019s self can readily be cultivated\u201d [taught and learned, observed and practiced, modeled and mentored]. \u201cEmotions,\u201d he says, are \u201cthe core of our capacities for virtue and cooperation, love and tenderness, and other virtues.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not news to you that social-emotional learning (SEL) programs are capturing the attention of school personnel and the public. In my March issue of News You Can Use, I provided an array of resources for teachers and administrators who want to implement SEL in their schools.<\/p>\n

In a major report titled, The Positive Impact of Social and Emotional Learning for Kindergarten to Eighth-Grade Students, researchers from the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning found that SEL programs improved students\u2019 social-emotional skills, attitudes about self and others, connections to school, positive social behavior, academic performance, reduced students\u2019 conduct problems and emotional distress. Bottom-line: SEL programs are among the most successful youth- development programs offered to school-age youth.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>EMPATHY<\/strong><\/h1>\n

In one of my blogs, I asked and answered nine questions about empathy. Let me share with you a very important piece of information that teachers and others need for teaching students about empathy.<\/p>\n

Researchers Dan Goleman and Paul Ekman report that there are three different ways teachers (and others) must address the teaching and learning of empathy.<\/p>\n