BENEFITS

Going Visual

Using visual tools allows you to address these problems directly. By working further upstream than conventional approaches, you start to work on the source of emotions — habitual patterns of thinking. Visual tools reflect pupils’ thinking straight back them and prompt self–awareness. With this external framework, your pupils can face up to their thinking habits while avoiding the pressure of an intrusive, ‘in–your–face’, approach.

Why Going Visual Works

When visual tools are consistently used to support work on emotional intelligence, you can expect to see your pupils:

• Willing to talk about their thinking
• Learning how thoughts lead to emotions and behaviours
• Able to analyse their assumptions and beliefs
• Discovering the value of others’ comments
• Resolving conflicts maturely and methodically
• Adopting a more objective, considered approach

Links 

As you can see, these benefits have an impact on other areas of learning. Click on the following to read about Collaborative Learning, Thinking Skills, Learn to Learn, Behaviour Management.