ERIC Number: EJ1438598
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 6
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Effective Learning through Wellbeing: Co-Creating Social-Emotional Learning in India
Richa Gupta
Childhood Education, v100 n5 p48-53 2024
Children living in poverty face numerous challenges that negatively affect their wellbeing and thus their ability to learn. The consequences of poverty that interfere with students' learning include inattentiveness, demotivation, and feelings of powerlessness, shame, and anger. To reach these children, with the goal of helping them become healthy, effective learners, Labhya partners with governments to co-create scalable and localized wellbeing and social-emotional learning programs for children across public education systems. They provide end-to-end support through cocreation of curriculum, teacher capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, and support in effective implementation. Richa Gupta, CEO & Co-founder at Labhya, provides answers to questions about this organization's high-impact initiative. Labhya is an education nonprofit that has pioneered the wellbeing movement in India. In partnership with Indian governments, Labhya integrates wellbeing programs into the school day. Social-emotional learning is an internationally acknowledged best education practice, which has proven to be one of the most powerful tools for social change and poverty reduction. It plays a critical role in education, enabling children to develop the skills and abilities they need to succeed in school and beyond. Research demonstrates that the integration of social-emotional learning in schools leads to better education and employment outcomes and improves children's mental wellbeing in the long run. The four key pedagogies -- mindfulness, self-reflection, stories, and reinforcing activities -- are carefully integrated into the curriculum to ensure holistic development and wellbeing among students. According to the author, the programs are localized and trauma-informed, delivered in local languages, and adapted to suit the diverse settings of their children.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Emotional Learning, Well Being, Poverty, Children, Public Schools, Partnerships in Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Program Implementation, Capacity Building, Educational Development, Best Practices, Metacognition, Reinforcement, Reflection, Holistic Approach, Employment Potential, Mental Health, Trauma Informed Approach, Local Issues
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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