The continuing professional development (CDP) of teachers is one of the most important approaches for preventing ESL. Improving educators’ competencies (e.g. communication, discipline management and cooperation competencies) implies improving students’ educational experience and reducing their risk for ESL. CPD should intertwine the different modes (e.g. study groups, self-reflection etc.) taking teachers’ motivation, interests and their stage of professional development into account.
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Teachers’ professional development
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Developing students’ emotional intelligence (EI) to help prevent ESL
Children and adolescents with better emotional skills have higher academic achievements and are less prone to ESL. Teachers can help students develop understanding, awareness and regulation of emotions from an early age. The theory and model of circular emotion reaction and the 5-step CER method can be used by teachers in this regard.
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Neuroscientific findings concerning education and what they imply for teaching and learning
Evidence shows that findings in the area of neuroscience can help teachers develop new ways to improve the learning process. Improving the learning process by adapting it to meet students’ neurological characteristics may help them attain higher academic achievements and self-efficiency, factors that counter ESL.
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Critical media literacy: A new tool and pedagogy for tackling ESL
Critical media literacy helps understand how media construct messages, influence and educate audiences and impose messages and values. Five core questions verifying the understanding of these issues can be used as a tool for developing the critical thinking of students at risk of ESL so as to become empowered and active in transforming their educational and learning environment.
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