Addressing the Emotional and Social Challenges That Affect Low-SES Student Learning Teaching students living in poverty presents unique challenges for educators. One such challenge is helping students overcome the social and emotional instability that many low-SES students face when growing up (Jensen‚ 2011). For many of these students‚ response to such conditions manifests in poor school performance and behavior. However‚ there are strategies that teachers and administrators can implement to
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Organizational Behavior Emotions and Leadership: The Role of Emotional Intelligence George‚ Jennifer M. Human Relations 53.8 (August 2000): 1027-1055 Summary: This article discusses the correlation of a leaders Emotional Intelligence (“the ability to understand and manage moods and emotions in the self and others”) (George) and how it plays a role in how effective that manager is. The author first relates how emotions‚ moods and feelings play a part in how humans deal with each other on
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Emotional abuse is a pattern of behaviour that attacks a child’s emotional development and self- worth‚ this abuse is probably the least understood of all child abuse‚ yet it can be the most destructive of them all. It is the most common form of abuse – and yet least talked about. Part of the reason it is so easy for people to overlook is that so much of what is considered normal and acceptable forms of communication is in fact abusive. Bullying has become an increasing problem in our society
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The behavioural model suggest that all behaviours – including abnormality – is learnt. It suggests that we have very few innate characteristics that we are born with. According to the behavioural model there are three ways in which we learn‚ these include classical + operant conditioning and social learning theory. Classical conditioning is learning by associated‚ this is when we create a new stimulus response link by associating one stimulus to a response. For example little albert was conditioned
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1. a. What is emotional flooding? Emotional flooding was described in Teen Drama Overload as the reaction one inhibits when dealing with extreme emotional conflicts. When speaking about emotional flooding‚ Laura Kastner described it as so‚ "When we flood‚ we are having neurons fire in this emotional part of the brain." Emotional flooding tends to cause the "fright-flight-freeze cycle" as described by Teen Drama Overload. This cycle consists of one’s heart rate increasing which then results in
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Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to control social emotions in order to create a better and pleasant work environment. Goleman explains the importance of the five key skills: self-awareness‚ self-regulation‚ motivation‚ empathy and social skill. Goleman emphasizes that emotional intelligence can be learned and increased‚ in contrast to Intelligent Quotient (IQ) where those figures almost remain unchanged. I agree with the author’s concept‚ understanding the importance that EQ should not
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"Write a personal response to issues and approaches raised in the Citizen Teacher seminars drawing on your own reflections‚ experiences and readings" For the purpose of this task‚ I have chosen to reflect on Seminar 2-Development Education‚ poverty and global justice. I chose to concentrate on this aspect of the course‚ because of a personal interest in the area. This interest has arisen from lack of prior knowledge‚ and a desire to find out more‚ having briefly covered the topic in the seminar
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The contribution of Informatics to the development of social networks and their impact on society. With the progression of technologies that are able to overcome the obstacles of time and space (e.g.‚ airplanes‚ cars‚ the Internet)‚ one would think that these tools would be used to gain an understanding of other cultures‚ meet people all over the world‚ maintain and strengthen familial relationships‚ communicate effectively with others‚ and help people to become more socially strong. However‚
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Practical and Emotional Intelligence Tabitha Driskell PSY/201 March 24‚ 2013 Taryn Fetscher Practical and Emotional Intelligence Practical intelligence is the intelligence related to overall success in living. Emotional intelligence is the set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment‚ evaluation‚ expression‚ and regulation of emotions (Feldman‚ 2013‚ p. 385). The difference between the two is that practical intelligence is learned by observing people’s behaviors while emotional intelligence
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Emotional intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive‚ control and evaluate emotions. Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened‚ while others claim it is an inborn characteristic. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to identify‚ use‚ understand‚ and manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress‚ communicate effectively‚ empathize with others‚ overcome challenges‚ and defuse conflict. Emotional intelligence impacts
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