This introductory seminar engages students in a series of explorations that illuminate the field of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), which is one of the most exciting areas of teaching and learning in U.S. schools and around the world. Students explore how social, emotional, and academic learning can be interwoven with what we understand about child and youth development, and how these ideas can inform pedagogy (teaching) in k-12 settings. Students also uncover how social and emotional learning is bound together with struggles for youth civic participation, social justice, and efforts to dismantle structural oppression in a range of educational sites and in society. Through a variety of different activities and learning structures the course provides students with multiple opportunities to explore their own social emotional educations and participate in the creation of new ways to engage young people and adults in joyful learning, celebrating identities, emotional and physical thriving, social justice, and healing.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 30

Prerequisites: None

Instructor: Rubin

Distribution Requirements: SBA - Social and Behavioral Analysis

Typical Periods Offered: Fall

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring

Notes: Not open to students who have taken EDUC 313.