Last year, schools ramped up social-emotional learning (SEL) to help students cope with the trauma of the pandemic and the nation’s racial reckoning. Now, many educators, buoyed by evidence of SEL’s value and parent surveys endorsing the emphasis on well-being in the classroom, say they are committed to SEL this year and beyond.

Lektioner i positiv psykologi får elever att må bättre. Det visar ny forskning. "Hos oss i Finland är barnens välbefinnande tydligt inskrivet i läroplanen", säger Åse Fagerlund, barnpsykolog och doktor i neuropsykologi.

As a teacher, you also need to be thinking about possible issues with students’ eyesight. Two recent studies from different parts of the world explore the topic of vision screening in schools.

I ett världsunikt forskningsprojekt hade barnen i Bunkeflostrand idrott varje dag i veckan under hela grundskolan. Nu är de vuxna – och deras förbättrade fysiska hälsa håller i sig.

Drawing on IPPO’s new global review of remote education initiatives during the pandemic, one of the report’s authors assesses which online learning tools and techniques are likely to remain a fixture of school learning for the long term.

Motion och fysisk aktivitet förbättrar både adhd-symtom, funktionsnivå, barnens exekutiva funktion och psykiskt mående, visar studier från Lunds universitet. Bättre stöd i skolan och hemma skulle också förbättra barnens livskvalitet.

Flickor i tidiga tonåren rör sig lika mycket som killarna på fritiden. Men under skoltiden rör de sig betydligt mindre, visar en ny studie. ”Fråga flickorna vad som kan göras”, tipsar forskaren.

Sources of stress and support.

Children with a chronic health condition perform below the basic academic requirements in literacy and numeracy compared to their peers, a study from UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney has found.

The coronavirus pandemic has increased stress and burnout for educators, but corporate wellness performance coaches Lauren Hodges and Phil Burton say a program they facilitated for teachers, education leaders and superintendents in California led to a 31% increase in self-perceived quality of life. In this blog post, they share insights into how educators can build…

“We know that teens’ use of social media increased during the pandemic, and along with this increase in time, we’ve seen more of both the positive and negative aspects of social media,” said Dr. Jacqueline Nesi, an assistant professor of psychology at Brown University who specializes in social media and adolescent development.

Simple, quick exercises improve mindfulness, self-regulation, and well-being, for both students and teachers.