Don Berg
@don-berg.bsky.social
My mission is to embed the psychology of learning in policy so policy stops undermining learning. I am the Executive Director of Deeper Learning Advocates and founder of Attitutor. The Joyful Llama Ranch in West Linn, Oregon, USA, is my home.
The report is ridiculous because it mainly emphasizes the incoherence of naive views and presents an outdated version of the science.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The report is ridiculous because it mainly emphasizes the incoherence of naive views and presents an outdated version of the science.
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For those who might think SEL is a liberal codeword here's my take on a conservative who disagrees with that idea: buff.ly/xR96NPn
Purpose of Schools: Academics vs Education
Defining the purpose of schools can help us understand why conservatives are unnecessarily alarmed by SEL (which is presumed to be CRT in disguise.)
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October 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For those who might think SEL is a liberal codeword here's my take on a conservative who disagrees with that idea: buff.ly/xR96NPn
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of universal school-based SEL programs in the United States: Considerations for marginalized students by Cipriano, Ha, Wood, et. al. (2024) Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy
October 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of universal school-based SEL programs in the United States: Considerations for marginalized students by Cipriano, Ha, Wood, et. al. (2024) Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy
The state of evidence for social and emotional learning: A contemporary meta- analysis of universal school- based SEL interventions by Cipriano, Strambler, Naples, et. al. (2023) Child Development
October 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The state of evidence for social and emotional learning: A contemporary meta- analysis of universal school- based SEL interventions by Cipriano, Strambler, Naples, et. al. (2023) Child Development
This morning I decided to search for meta-analysis of SEL and found two published in 2023 and 2024, both mostly supportive of school based programs. One international and the other for the USA.
October 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This morning I decided to search for meta-analysis of SEL and found two published in 2023 and 2024, both mostly supportive of school based programs. One international and the other for the USA.
What teachers need to be disillusioned about is the idea that the practical application of SDT is about motivation. SDT is more appropriately applied to the duty care that schools owe children before they ever get around to instruction.
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The Book Instructional Illusions Attacks Self-Determination Theory
In their book Instructional Illusions Kirschner, Hendrick, and Heal are just shadow boxing when they try to attack Self-Determination Theory.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What teachers need to be disillusioned about is the idea that the practical application of SDT is about motivation. SDT is more appropriately applied to the duty care that schools owe children before they ever get around to instruction.
buff.ly/weZyvSR
buff.ly/weZyvSR
We came. We saw. We hugged.
A Lot!
A Lot!
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We came. We saw. We hugged.
A Lot!
A Lot!