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Is Empathy Toxic? Confronting Misconceptions and Embracing Connections
Empathy is a surprisingly new idea in human history and, like many new ideas, has its advocates and skeptics. This article explores the...
Greg Mullen
2 days ago8 min read
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From Compliance to Socioemotional Growth: Rethinking Classroom Management
From Compliance to Socioemotional Growth: Rethinking Classroom Management
Greg Mullen
Mar 277 min read
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Shifting from Behaviorist to Self-Directed Learning: Fostering Collective Responsibility in the Classroom
Traditional behaviorist practices in classroom management often serve as a philosophical basis that undermines the larger goal of...
Greg Mullen
Mar 1715 min read
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Understanding Respect: The Influence of Core Values on Personal Attributes and Behaviors
Respect as a Core Value for Who We Are and How We Learn involves perspectives of Authority and Self-Worth influenced by six attributes.
Greg Mullen
Feb 13 min read
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The Key to SEL? Metacognition.
Metacognition is not a higher form of thinking - it is a lateral cognitive process. It is stepping outside of the thinking that you are...
Greg Mullen
Aug 19, 20205 min read
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SECD + Culture: Influence and Impact on Organizational Change
[Please note: this is a work in progress part of a larger project, please contact Greg Mullen for more information on the content in this...
Greg Mullen
Feb 27, 20209 min read
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Compliance vs Social-Emotional Learning
This post walks a delicate line of supporting both compliance and concepts of social-emotional learning such as identifying and managing...
Greg Mullen
Nov 7, 20198 min read
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Can Social-Emotional Learning be Standards-Based?
The following post is organized into five distinct sections, each marked by one of the following questions: How do we know states are...
Greg Mullen
Jul 1, 20197 min read
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About Social-Emotional Learning
SEL is not the solution! As I continue to research and further develop my philosophy and framework, it continues to be shown that SEL...
Greg Mullen
Feb 2, 20192 min read
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