<p>Written by Richard Evans, <i>Independent Thinking on Emotional </i><i>Literacy: A passport to increased confidence, engagement and learning</i> shares an approach that will help educators boost their pupils'' emotional literacy, with the broader aim of nurturing a more grounded, engaged and intrinsically motivated child.</p><p> Foreword by Ian Gilbert.</p><p> Do teachers truly understand their pupils? And do the pupils themselves really understand their own needs? </p><p></p><p> In <i>Independent Thinking on Emotional Literacy</i>, Richard Evans reminds every school educator that behind every child is a set of circumstances so entwined - and within them a set of emotions so involved - that to ignore them is to be complicit in any educational failings experienced by that child. </p><p> Richard equips educators with a collaborative ''passport'' template designed to improve pupils'' emotional literacy and promote discussion of the often-unspoken issues that prevent children from making