Incorporating Social and Emotional Learning

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Incorporating Social and Emotional Learning

In 1995, Daniel Goleman's book Emotional Intelligence introduced to a broad audience the idea that managing and developing emotions was perhaps more important than intellect (at least as measured by conventional measures like IQ) in individuals' success in careers and life. Two decades later, the idea of "social and emotional" learning is widespread in education, and schools are looking to ways to add those competencies to their programs.