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Author: Renee G. Carr
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:
Width: 15.90cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.70cm
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9781475865790
ISBN 10: 1475865791
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 14 July 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Dr. Carr's Kids Before Content provides practical advice and research behind every social-emotional learning competency for educators. I enjoyed reading her approach for educators to improve our well-being first and then our students' well-being. There are few times when educators are considered first in the school culture shift to using SEL. Arguably, educators are the first link to improving SEL in their students. If educators do not have the SEL skills to help their students develop them, then they cannot. I now have the tools I need to address SEL first for myself, and then for my students. I look forward to using these suggestions in my classroom. -- Nina Gomez-Perez, teacher, Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland As I was reading Kids Before Content, I discovered how teachers and school staff can enhance their own SEL competencies, and then improve these competencies in their students. Kids Before Content guides teachers to enhance their own SEL or emotional intelligence. SEL provides teachers an opportunity to effectively connect with each other and with their students. A focus on an SEL culture makes it easier to reach students where they are, and then be able to teach the content. When SEL competencies are the focus for everyone, all are better prepared for learning. -- Maria Papathanassiou, teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia Dr. Carr's book is a framework about incorporating much needed, social-emotional lessons into the everyday classroom. The book provides ideas for teaching and making connections with students through personal sharing, including displaying some vulnerability. At the end of every chapter, there are questions for reflection, as well as answers to contemplate. While educators may not have control over how a district or school is run, they do have control over what can be taught in the classroom. Feeling empathy and modeling empathy to our students, and even administrators, are ways in which we can create a better world for future generations. As Maya Angelou once said, I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -- Ying Smith, teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
Author Information
Renee G. Carr, EdD has been working in the field of education since 2007. Dr. Carr has a history of working in international and domestic education and exchange.
