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ERIC Number: EJ1190298
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Aug
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0276-928X
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A Welcome Space for Taking Risks: Psychological Safety Creates a Positive Climate for Learning
Wanless, Shannon; Winters, Dana
Learning Professional, v39 n4 p41-44 Aug 2018
Research indicates that creating a psychologically safe school climate matters for adult learning in the same way it matters for children's learning. School leaders can help teachers feel safe to take risks, share differing opinions, and be vulnerable in front of peers before and during professional learning activities. An example of why psychological safety is important, and how it can be fostered, can be found in the Simple Interactions approach to professional learning. Simple Interactions, a program of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, helps educators and other adults build connections with the children and youth they serve. The major task of Simple Interactions' practice-based and theory-informed process is to capture these relationship features on video and emphasize them in professional learning. One of the ways Simple Interactions promotes psychological safety is by focusing on what teachers already do well and value, emphasizing positive developmental interactions with children, something that already resonates with most teachers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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