Emotional Intelligence and Enterprise Handbook: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Succeed in Life and Work

by Cheryl Buggy

Overview

This comprehensive book has been designed for secondary teachers to help and support delivery of new key areas of the UK curriculum, namely work related learning, the Every Child Matters agenda, social and emotional competencies, and enterprise.


Blending together employability prerequisites, the latest research in the field of enterprise capabilities, the neuroscience of success and how to nurture wellbeing, it offers insights and useful information, as well as practical and proven tools and techniques for students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781855394582
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/10/2008
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Cheryl Buggy is an experienced broadcaster and community radio station director, as well as being a teacher with some 12 years experience in secondary and sixth form education. She writes and delivers personal development programmes for the corporate world and world of education on a wide range of subjects. Her publications include:

- WorkWise - an employability skills programme for 14 to 21 year olds [funded by Industry in Education]

- CareerWise - a work experience programme for Year 10 students [funded by one of the London EBP's]

- Up for Enterprise - a Key Stage 1-4 programme developing enterprise capabilities [written in conjunction with the University of Portsmouth and funded by SEEDA]

- Effective Memory Techniques in a Week (Hodder)

Table of Contents

Introduction
- How the handbook works - Using guests - EI and Enterprise Competencies
Theme 1: ME SMART
SESSION 1
- Topic 1: Why you are the way you are - Topic 2: Your Amazing Brain - Topic 3: Thinking SESSION 2
- Topic 4: Fear busting - Topic 5: Exploring your uniqueness - Topic 6: The power of positive thinking - Topic 7: How to improve your self esteemTheme 2: PEOPLE SMART

SESSION 3
- Topic 8: How communication works - Topic 9: Active listening

SESSION 4
- Topic 10: Giving compliments - Topic 11: Courageous conversations - Topic 12: Being assertive

SESSION 5

- Topic 13: Dealing with challenging people - Topic 14: Working with others - Topic 15: Winning teams

Theme 3: JOB SMART

SESSION 6
- Topic 16: Packaging & developing you - Topic 17: Getting the job you want - Topic 18: Effective methods of getting a job - Topic 19: Improving your job hunting success SESSION 7

- Topic 20: Before the interview - Topic 21: During the interview - Topic 22: Common questions asked at interviews

Theme 4: FUTURE SMART

SESSION 8
- Topic 23: Motivation & adaptability - Topic 24: Stress busting - Topic 25: Getting inspiredSESSION 9

- Topic 26: Dealing with problems - Topic 27: Achieving your hopes dreams and goals - Topic 28: Creative visualisation - Topic 29: How to be a winner

Concluding the Programme

Supplementary Activities

Ice breakers & team activities

Top tips and memory joggers

Activities and challenges
- Radio Challenge - EI Changing Rooms - Stimulating Open Spaces.- Web Page for New Arrivals into Your Year Group - Change the World on Your Door Step - an Environmental Challenge - Fund Raising Challenge for the Charity of Your Choice - Meaningful Words - Dear ..... Agony Aunt/Uncle Page - Magazine - Take a Shop - What Would You Do With It? - Secrets of Success - Marketing Campaign for a New Product - Time Box - Alphabet Game - Treasure Hunt Challenge - New Look Design Challenge - Deconstruct and Reconstruct Challenge - Dream Collages
SELF-EVALUATION MATRIX