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Children’s literature as a framework for SEL

Webinar description

Children’s literature has a big impact on the development and shaping of children’s personality. Quality children’s books display ideas, ethical dilemmas, moral values, problem solving techniques, emotional management and relationships among the protagonists, all of which contribute to the moral, social and emotional development of young children.

SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) is defined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) as “the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions”. CASEL’s Widely Used Framework Identifies Five Core Competencies: Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making.

 This webinar has been created for educators who want to learn more about SEL and who are interested in implementing SEL lessons through the use of children’s literature in their classes.

Webinar Goals:

To provide webinar participants with

  • a clear understanding of:
  • social-emotional learning (SEL) and its 5 Core Competencies: Self-awareness, Self-management, Social awareness, Relationship skills and Responsible decision making.
  • the benefits of SEL
  • the impact of children’s literature on children’s social and emotional development
  • Bibliotherapy as a method for teaching SEL literacy
  • a highly interactive and hands-on learning methodology
  • selected quality and award winning children’s books that will be used as the main framework for real implementation scenarios and lesson plans
The Webinar starts on the 14th of December 2020, 16:00 Central Europe Time.

Anastasia Patera is an English teacher and also a writer. She holds a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Education from the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Thessaly. Her Master thesis investigated the depiction of loss and bereavement in picture books and their use in class for promoting SEL and resilience in children. She is interested in Children’s Literature, SEL, Bibliotherapy and its application in education. She has been the instructor  in many conferences and seminars/workshops for teachers in Greece and Cyprus and is the co-author of the book “Filanagnosia (love for reading) and socio-emotional development of children” together with Professor of University of Thessaly Tasoula Tsilimeni. She has been certified in EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) with expertise in Preventing Early School Leaving by the Cervantes Institute in Spain. She is very experienced in Erasmus+ projects and she has been a partner to the Laboratory of Discourse and Culture of the University of Thessaly and member of the research team of the School Psychology Department of the University of Crete. Currently, she studies at the the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology (IAKA), of the University of Thessaly.

Instructor: Anastasia Patera

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