Research demonstrates that teacher-student relationships, teacher-teacher collaboration, and teacher-parent interactions all significantly affect teachers’ job satisfaction and students’ academic performance.
Despite these facts, current teacher education focuses on content knowledge and instructional skills, excluding a critical dimension of effective teaching: the ability to build positive relationships.
With its focus on social and emotional skills, FuelEd serves as the missing piece in teacher preparation.
Check also:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Emotional-Intelligence