Social and Emotional Learning in Kenya: Viewing Classrooms Through the Educators’ Lens

In July, Grow X partnered with the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) to bring a teacher training to educators in Kenya during the STEMtastic Adventures, Africa! conference.

Over 100 teachers attended both in person and online, where they participated in demonstrations of SEL lessons that could be integrated in to STEAM curriculum.

Check out the full article on the CASEL Blog!

The teacher training was informed by survey data collected from teachers across eight counties. Though 85% found SEL to be important, only 33% had received any kind of training to implement it in their classrooms.

Teachers participate in a activity called The Neural Web, where a ball of yarn is passed around and attached to participant’s shirts. The result is a web that resembles a network of connections in the brain. This served as an example of how teachers could introduce growth mindset into STEAM curriculum through engaging, hands-on activities.