Experiences of Social and Emotional Intelligence in Schools

1. Experiences of Social and Emotional Intelligence in Schools Case Histories

2. Case Histories – European Experience “Jabbertalk” Project – A publication of Don Bosco Youth-Net IVZW, made with the support of the Council of Europe • The idea of the project is to make a collection of the methods used in youth work • The book is structured in chapters according to the sort of the method, clearly defining its purpose: how we relate to others, team work, oral expression, non-verbal expression, dance expression, evaluation techniques, working with video, etc. • “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.” – Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut http://www.donboscoyouth.net/ EI_EQ_NonBulgarian_Experience\Jabbertalk.pdf

3. Case Histories – European Experience Triangol Strategy SL - a young company specialized in strategy and educative games in digital, playing cards or boardgame formats. EmotrionsOnCards • EmotrionsOnCards is a strategy card game for all ages that belongs to the Emotrions game line, which also includes board games (soon) and digital games (in development phase); • The main feature of the Emotrions line is that it introduces the issue of Emotional Intelligence into a sector traditionally focused on the developement of analytical intelligence; • In EmotrionsOnCards, the cards, called emotrions, represent the basic human feelings: love, hatred, joy, sadness, fury, indecision, etc. http://www.triangol.com/neweb/English/innovative_tool.php

4. Case Histories – BG Participation in European project FACEVALUE – EU project, co-financed by Joint Actions , with Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College (UK) , Atrium Research & Innovatie B.V., Znanie Association and L’Ancora as partners This project aims: • To establish a pedagogical process to teach and transmit intercultural values by means of an emotional approach; • To look forward a more active involvement of young people in citizenship; • To encourage students to learn specific skills related to the creation of a cultural creation in a digital format. http://www.facevalue.ws/

5. Case Histories – Bulgarian Experience Introduction and approbation of the educational model for development of emotional intelligence amongst students – Literature as an elective discipline in 6thgrade,125th School „Prof. BoyanPenev”, Sofia Emotional intelligence as part of every human beings’ social competence Analysis of emotions in works of literature leads to a higher degree of emotional competence The ability to identify one’s own emotions is a basic component of emotional intelligence and guarantees a higher success rate in every interpersonal communication Participants in the experiment develop a better orientation within their own reality, where they can compare their personal interrelations with works of fiction www.diuu.bg/ispisanie/broi9/kt9/9KT3.htm

6. Case Histories – Bulgarian Experience Meeting Our Neighbours/The Image of the “Other” in Balkan Literatures/ - teaching materials, developed by Center for Educational Initiatives (CEI) as part of the eponymous project, funded by European Cultural Foundation and Kulturkontakt within theStability Pact for South-East Europe What is this book about The book will demonstrate, many times and in many ways, that it will be good for us to break free from the stereotype perception of both ourselves and the others That type of mental behaviour will allow us to realise that both the internal diversity and the external unity of what we call “we”, is indebted to our correlation with “the others”

7. Case Histories – Bulgarian Experience Meeting Our Neighbours/The Image of the “Other” in Balkan Literatures/ - teaching materials, developed by Center for Educational Initiatives (CEI) as part of the eponymous project, funded by European Cultural Foundation and Kulturkontakt within theStability Pact for South-East Europe Why literature, why the Balkans? The literature is fiction, something different from reality – a “space”, where the wavering contours of reality merge with the increasingly visible contours of the imaginary The Balkans appear to bear the scars of multiple traumas, which the specific literatures have attempted to heal with good care, but also to carelessly exacerbate

8. Case Histories – Bulgarian Experience Meeting Our Neighbours/The Image of the “Other” in Balkan Literatures/ - teaching materials, developed by Center for Educational Initiatives (CEI) as part of the eponymous project, funded by European Cultural Foundation and Kulturkontakt within theStability Pact for South-East Europe What can we learn about? The selected texts represent the literary articulation of the “other” in a broad range of identity-related topics – national, religious, ethnic, local identities The applied apparatus of questions and tasks promotes knowledge and awareness of various issues

9. Case Histories – Bulgarian Experience Meeting Our Neighbours/The Image of the “Other” in Balkan Literatures/ - teaching materials, developed by Center for Educational Initiatives (CEI) as part of the eponymous project, funded by European Cultural Foundation and Kulturkontakt within theStability Pact for South-East Europe Issues: what is the relation between literature and “historical memory” what does a “literary version” of the national history mean how do historical narratives make use of literary allegory how does literature clash the daily existence and history what are the shared mechanisms of fictional and religious writing, and lots more