Tag: social emotional learning

• Ep. 83: Connecting the dots between SEL and music, with Scott Edgar, PhD

  

  The development of social emotional learning (SEL) skills is embedded and inherent in musical training. And yet there are many ways we as educators and parents can streamline this process through being intentional in how we integrate SEL and music. A global pandemic has made this integration exponentially vital, and has increased our awareness of…

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

  arts education, author interview, band, choir, growth mindset, high school, International SEL Day, Lake Forest College, mental health, middle school, Music Education, Music for All, orchestra, school, SEL, social emotional learning

• Ep. 70: What you don’t know about 1 in 6 people you encounter, and why it matters; with David Knott

  

  The CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study investigated the correlation between childhood trauma and life-long development, health, and well-being. The astounding results have led to trauma informed approaches to education and medicine, among other areas. David Knott explains why an ACE understanding can elevate our music instruction, and how music education be used as…

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

  Adverse Childhood Experience, childhood, Milton Hershey School, Music Education, SEL, social emotional learning, social emotional skills, trauma, trauma informed

• Ep. 64: Does Practice Make Perfect? With Ed Varner, Ed.D.

  

  There is a pretty universal saying that “Practice Makes… [and we all fill in the blank] Perfect.” Ed Varner, Ed.D., argues that improvement, not perfection, should be the goal in the creation of art, in education, in work, and in everything that we do. He explains what he calls “The Practice” and how this approach…

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

  holistic education, learning opportunities, Perfect practice, progress not perfection, SEL, social emotional learning