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Back to EpisodesWhy Schools Skip Social-Emotional Learning (and What It Costs Us as Adults) with Dr. Lorea Martinez
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Schools spend most of their time on academic skills, but the social and emotional skills that carry us through adult life often get left behind. Why don't schools prioritize social-emotional learning (SEL), and what would change if they did?
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Lorea Martinez Perez, a former special education teacher, former Columbia University Teachers College faculty member, and creator of the HEART in Mind methodology. She holds a PhD in quality and innovation in education and is the author of Teaching with Heart in Mind.
In this episode:
- Why social-emotional skills matter more in adult life than schools acknowledge
- How Lorea's path shaped her mission, from teaching Spanish to North African immigrant women in Spain as a teen, to interning in Nicaragua, to special education in the Bay Area
- What it was like to learn a faster-paced U.S. school system and English alongside her students
- How the Heart in Mind method brings social-emotional learning into the classroom
Connect with Dr. Lorea Martinez Perez
- Website: loreamartinez.com
- YouTube: Heart in Mind
- LinkedIn: Lorea Martinez
- Instagram: @drloreamartinez
- Facebook: Lorea Martinez SEL
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