Independent Thinking on Emotional Literacy

Shares an approach that will help educators boost their pupils emotional literacy, with the broader aim of nurturing a more grounded, engaged and intrinsically motivated child.

Do teachers truly understand their pupils? And do the pupils themselves really understand their own needs? In Independent Thinking on Emotional Literacy, Richard Evans reminds every school educator that behind every child is a set of circumstances so entwined - and within them a set of emotions so involved - that to ignore them is to be complicit in any educational failings. Richards aim in this book is to help improve and harness both the educators and their pupils emotional literacy by promoting discussion around the often-unspoken issues that prevent children from making progress at school. He also shares with teachers a tailor-made passport template to start them on the road to deeper pupil understanding - whether its for the girl who falls asleep at the back, the boy who needs constant support on a daily basis, or those pupils who will need extra careful attention at parents evening.