Dr. Susan Stillman
Creating Connection in Higher Education

Creating Connection in Higher Education

Higher Education environments can be stressful and isolating for students, faculty, staff, and administration. What would it take to change that? What if we could design environments within higher education that supported the values of inclusion, collaboration, and resilience?

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Studying EQ in a Rural Appalachian Highschool

Studying EQ in a Rural Appalachian Highschool

Can a 10-week EQ Course change the Emotional Intelligence scores of students in a rural Appalachian high school class? Eastern Kentucky is comprised of tiny towns tucked into valleys between the steep Appalachian Mountains in the heart of coal country. The region has some of the highest drop-out rates in the nation, as well as […]

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Middle School Climate & Learning – AERA research

Middle School Climate & Learning – AERA research

New research is shedding light on what middle schoolers are feeling about school and learning — and what makes social emotional learning (SEL) effective for young adolescents. They crave authenticity and connection, but are not finding these at school.

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Can we create emotionally intelligent connections online?

Can we create emotionally intelligent connections online?

I’m a “connector”… I love making new connections with colleagues around the world . . . I love connecting people to each other. I love the social networks that we’ve created to inspire each other with wisdom, commitment,  research, and experience with emotional intelligence. Through social media, as have many of you, I’ve shared ideas, […]

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How Should Educators Respond to Tragic Events?

How Should Educators Respond to Tragic Events?

How should educators respond to tragic events that enter our classrooms and schools? I was reading a blog post this morning that made me think about this question. The author, a 7th grade teacher in Boston, received emails from her students asking if they could change their ” current events research topic” assignment of the week […]

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6 Seconds Action Research Published in AERA SEL SIG Newsletter!

6 Seconds Action Research Published in AERA SEL SIG Newsletter!

Just published! We are delighted that an article written by Anna Kearney and Susan Stillman describing Six Seconds action research using Self-Science  appears in the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Special Interest Group (SIG) American Educational Research Association (AERA) November newsletter.  Final_SEL SIG Newsletter_Fall_2011   The newsletter article is a variation of Anna Kearney’s action research […]

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Research Case: Six Seconds’ Self-Science Curriculum

Research Case: Six Seconds’ Self-Science Curriculum

This study examines the relationship between social-emotional instruction and academic competencies of motivation and goal setting, critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration and leadership, and agility and adaptability. The researcher embedded a social-emotional curriculum called Self-Science designed by Six Seconds in her third grade classroom during the 2010-2011 school year.   Findings indicated increased motivation […]

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EQ Matters Program

EQ Matters Program

EQ Matters in Schools THE POWER OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMS A study involving more than 200 school-based social and emotional learning programs (270,000 K-12 students) has found that Social and Emotional learning programs lead to a boost in student skills.  Where programs focus on recognizing and managing emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, […]

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Honoring Wangari Maathai and her Noble Goal

Honoring Wangari Maathai and her Noble Goal

I just been reading some of the many articles about this remarkable woman who passed away on Sunday. I wanted to share two of these articles with you, in order to honor her memory and reflect on the power we each have to choose a path toward our own noble goal. Frances Moore Lappe and […]

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