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emotional literacy

British

noun

the ability to deal with one's emotions and recognize their causes

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Analysis of the programme was supported by Cambridge University's faculty of education, and it indicated a positive impact on students' behaviour and emotional literacy within 10 weeks.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

Instead, she recommended going above the common conception of consent education and instead views the subject as "emotional literacy".

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2018

It tuned it up accordingly, adding more periods of physical activity and centering emotional literacy as the heart of the program, and wound up with a four-hour curriculum.

From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2018

And, despite the callous, increasingly callow, pushback, we should empower boys — with the same emotional literacy skill set and expansive worldview we teach our daughters.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2016

Scott added, “What Mister Rogers tried to teach us — how to navigate ‘some of the more difficult modulations’ in everyday life — might now be classified as emotional literacy.

From Los Angeles Times

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