March 10, 2019
SSEC Director, Dr. Carol O’Donnell, traveled to Salzburg, Austria as a Fellow for the Salzburg Global Seminar on “Social and Emotion Learning (SEL) – A Time for Action,” which took place March 10 – 15, at Schloss Leopoldskron. The program built on insights from the series of regional and global workshops organized by Salzburg Global and partners in order to advance solutions to the key challenges that hinder the implementation of SEL programs in education systems around the world. O’Donnell was invited to the seminar after her article, “Science Education, Identity, and Civic Engagement: Empowering Youth through the UN Sustainable Development Goals," was featured in the "G7: The Executive Talk Series Global Briefing Report" for the 44th G7 Summit. SEL is one of the hottest topics in global education today. Evidence shows that SEL can help young people acquire the skills to thrive in the fourth industrial revolution and shape new jobs and career pathways. SEL skills can also help communities and populations grapple with complex socio-scientific issues and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is the focus of the SSEC’s “Smithsonian Science for Global Goals” project.
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