On Monday 12 June, 2 – 3:30 pm GMT+2, VVOB is hosting a webinar to celebrate the release of the fourth volume of NISSEM’s Global Briefs which looks at Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in a variety of global contexts. This fourth volume entitled ‘Doing More with Language Teaching’ provides a rich contribution to the research literature on the relationship between language teaching and Social and Emotional Learning. It features 16 papers by 37 contributors highlighting the importance of Social and Emotional Learning for learners’ well-being and holistic development, and how language interventions can be strengthened to support SEL.
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NISSEM was founded in 2018 with the objective of seeking ways to integrate SDG target 4.7 and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) into educational materials in low and middle income countries. Since then, NISSEM has published papers by researchers and practitioners in a series of volumes entitled Global Briefs: Educating for the Social, the Emotional and the Sustainable. The third volume, entitled SEL in Context, was launched in collaboration with UNESCO in April 2022.
Contextualising Social and Emotional Learning in diverse settings is high on VVOB’s research agenda. Our contribution to the volume centres around the Catch Up programme in Zambia. Using the Teaching at the Right Level methodology, this programme groups children by their learning level rather than by grade and uses hands-on and playful learning methodologies. VVOB’s Michael Phiri will discuss how Catch Up impacts and contributes to social and emotional learning.
