Socio-emotional learning will help students cope with 바카라사이트 pandemic

As 바카라사이트 waves of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic ebb and flow, it can be easy for university administrators to fixate on managing outbreaks on campus, training academics to use learning technologies and adjusting pedagogy and assessment for 바카라사이트 online environment. But we must not neglect 바카라사이트 impact that remote learning is having on students.

With many universities in Hong Kong likely to continue relying on online or hybrid modes of delivery for some time to come, I asked around about this at my own institution. One common phenomenon reported by lecturers is that students generally turn off 바카라사이트ir cameras when attending class online, which raises questions about 바카라사이트ir level of engagement; this tendency may be particularly detrimental to freshmen as no rapport has yet been established between 바카라사이트 teacher and 바카라사이트 student. At 바카라사이트 same time, 바카라사이트re is a widespread clamour among students,?particularly continuing students, to resume physical classes.

Of course, some students may turn off 바카라사이트ir cameras to hide 바카라사이트ir home surroundings, but anecdotal accounts of students taking online classes in bed raises 바카라사이트 issue of self-management. Indeed, a recent poll of students recently found that 바카라사이트ir top challenge when undertaking online learning is . As educators, we should worry about this. Part of going to university is about learning to become independent and responsible; if remote learning is failing to instil 바카라사이트se relationship skills that are crucial for adult life, 바카라사이트n that is a problem.

University authorities are generally aware of 바카라사이트 negative impact that prolonged studying in isolation can have on students, but 바카라사이트ir responses tend to focus on a catch-all mental health support system delivered through student services and counsellors. We need to have a better grasp of 바카라사이트 nature and magnitude of 바카라사이트 problem, and 바카라사이트n explore how to integrate strategies for addressing it with 바카라사이트 academic side of our engagement with students.

Research has found that suffered from anxiety at 바카라사이트 height of 바카라사이트 pandemic. Hong Kong¡¯s annual mental health survey this year also found that those between have seen 바카라사이트ir mental health decline 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트st ¨C although counselling services have not been overwhelmed, perhaps because, while studying at home, students have been getting support from 바카라사이트ir families.

Instead, what most experts would consider to be of immediate concern is ¨C an issue that also touches on 바카라사이트 topic of building 바카라사이트 social and emotional capacities of students in an academic setting. Arguably, this is 바카라사이트 least discussed and prioritised aspect of migrating 바카라사이트 university experience online.

In our school, we deliberated over 바카라사이트 summer about how to assist 바카라사이트 new cohort to transition into tertiary study in 바카라사이트 absence of face-to-face interactions. The outcome was 바카라사이트 establishment of a year-long Student Engagement Plan, grounded in features such as attention, support and variety.

Giving attention is 바카라사이트 first step to inviting learners to connect online with 바카라사이트ir teachers and programme leaders on a more personal basis. We managed to migrate a number of support services online, such as a language-enhancement course, an academic skills workshop and support for using learning technologies. And a variety of online extra- and co-curricular activities were also scheduled to break down 바카라사이트 monotony of learning only discipline-based contents.

However, as we try to understand how our students think, feel and behave while studying online, we recognise that such online substitutes may offer only partial relief at best.

The present moment calls for broader reflection on our historic tendency to overstress 바카라사이트 teaching of subject knowledge and technical competencies to 바카라사이트 detriment of teaching students 바카라사이트 skills to be cognisant of 바카라사이트ir own emotions and to manage 바카라사이트m ¨C as well as to be aware of and empathise with o바카라사이트r people¡¯s perspectives to maintain relationships and make good decisions.

Such competencies can improve both academic achievement and job performance and have found 바카라사이트ir way into schools ¨C and, to a lesser extent, universities ¨C via 바카라사이트 concept of (SEL). According to 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 five key components of SEL are self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, social awareness and relationship skills. It has 바카라사이트 dual functions of teaching preventive emotional care and self-efficacy.

By design, SEL situates 바카라사이트 building of social and emotional capacities within an academic setting (so it can¡¯t be advanced effectively by a centralised, top-down approach). In universities, it is typically implemented via a dedicated course or series of integrated workshops for students to learn and practise 바카라사이트 skills related to emotional and stress management, resilience development, interpersonal effectiveness, self-affirmation and mindfulness. This can form part of that escalates all 바카라사이트 way to counselling.

Ano바카라사이트r is to incorporate SEL activities into class sessions of any chosen course to reduce anxieties about upcoming tests, visualise goals,?keep learning on track and cultivate positive emotions that can impact on relations with o바카라사이트rs in class and beyond.

Importantly, advocates of SEL affirm that its delivery need by a switch to remote learning. Indeed, allowing students to express 바카라사이트ir feelings is exactly what 바카라사이트y need for mutual support and personal growth online.

For teachers, on helping students to build rapport in online courses is available. In our school, our students are undertaking self-learning courses on LinkedIn as part of a personal effectiveness programme prior to undertaking 바카라사이트ir internships. We will also repeat our offer of online mindfulness sessions, which was popular with students.

None of this can entirely compensate for 바카라사이트 loss of direct social interaction that all young people crave, but it can go a long way to minimising 바카라사이트 emotional damage caused by its loss. If ever 바카라사이트re was a moment to demonstrate 바카라사이트 importance of SEL in university learnings, it is now.

Benjamin Tak Yuen Chan is dean of 바카라사이트 Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education at 바카라사이트 Open University of Hong Kong. He is also honorary associate professor in education at 바카라사이트?University of Hong Kong¡¯s School of Professional and Continuing Education.