{"id":447,"date":"2014-12-20T10:44:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T05:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/volunteers.org\/?p=447"},"modified":"2015-09-01T11:23:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T05:53:57","slug":"447","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volunteers.org\/447\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer to develop standards for Social and Emotional Learning for Indian Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Teacher Foundation, Bangalore and supported by Wipro Applying Thought in Schools (WATIS), Bangalore has taken up a nation-wide research\u00a0on Developing Standards for Social & Emotional Learning (SSEL) in Indian schools.<\/div>\n
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The research aims to develop standards\u00a0for Social and Emotional Learning for Indian Children. As we know, academics has been the focus of school education for the longest time and there are clearly cut standards for\u00a0Math, English, Science etc. that guide teachers in developing students’ skills in each of these subjects. However, affective domain, which comprises of the social and emotional skills, has been found to be\u00a0just as important\u00a0for the overall development and well-being of the students. This being a very grey\u00a0area, there has not\u00a0not been enough effort\u00a0towards developing standards that can guide the\u00a0teachers in facilitating students’ development in this area.\u00a0Countries like the US, UK, Australia, Singapore etc. have already come up with frameworks suitable for their context and children in this area. We, at The Teacher Foundation, in association with WIPRO Applying Though In Schools (WATIS), aim to come up with\u00a0one such\u00a0framework based on the needs and observations of the children of our country. For this, we are planning to visit 15 cities from across 5 zones – North, South, East, West and North East of India, including the rural areas.\u00a0To gather data, we will be administering questionnaires to a\u00a0specific number of teachers, students and the Principal and conducting\u00a0a short interview with the Principal.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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All data will be treated with utmost confidentiality and schools will be duly\u00a0acknowledged for their contribution towards the research when\u00a0it is published. Individuals and organizations who help us in this journey will also be duly acknowledged.<\/div>\n
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The following documents\u00a0will explain the study further and outline the requirements to work as a study associate with the Teacher Foundation:<\/div>\n