Social Emotional Learning in Education
Social Emotional Learning
Introduction
More than ever before, our country needs schools that will prepare today’s youth for the challenges and opportunities they face, youth who will become knowledgeable, responsible, and caring citizens and leaders for the future. An outstanding education prepares students to be strong in a wide range of academic disciplines. This essay focuses on Social Emotional Learning and how to implement and sustain it within schools so that students can achieve greater academic success.
Schools share the desire to engage young people in their education so that they will be prepared to succeed in both school and life. The Catholic Education Office of Melbourne has released a research document in Social Emotional Learning assisting schools in helping their students to become confident, knowledgeable and active citizens for the future. Schools that encourage Social Emotional Learning by implementing programs such as the Bounce Back! A Classroom Resilience Program reap important rewards for their students, including greater academic success, fewer problem behaviours, and improved relationships between students and significant people in their lives.
What is Social and Emotional Learning?
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) refers to the process by which children and adults develop the fundamental social and emotional competencies essential to success in school and in the workplace (CEOM. 2007). Skills that we develop through Social Emotional Learning include recognising and managing emotions, caring for others, making good decisions, behaving ethically and responsibly, developing positive relationships, and avoiding negative behaviours (Elias et al. 1997).
In the school learning context, Social Emotional Learning is the process for integrating thinking, feelings and behaviour to achieve necessary skills to safeguard against bullying, peer pressure, disrespectful behaviour toward adults, dangerous risk-taking around sex, drugs, and alcohol
Introduction
More than ever before, our country needs schools that will prepare today’s youth for the challenges and opportunities they face, youth who will become knowledgeable, responsible, and caring citizens and leaders for the future. An outstanding education prepares students to be strong in a wide range of academic disciplines. This essay focuses on Social Emotional Learning and how to implement and sustain it within schools so that students can achieve greater academic success.
Schools share the desire to engage young people in their education so that they will be prepared to succeed in both school and life. The Catholic Education Office of Melbourne has released a research document in Social Emotional Learning assisting schools in helping their students to become confident, knowledgeable and active citizens for the future. Schools that encourage Social Emotional Learning by implementing programs such as the Bounce Back! A Classroom Resilience Program reap important rewards for their students, including greater academic success, fewer problem behaviours, and improved relationships between students and significant people in their lives.
What is Social and Emotional Learning?
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) refers to the process by which children and adults develop the fundamental social and emotional competencies essential to success in school and in the workplace (CEOM. 2007). Skills that we develop through Social Emotional Learning include recognising and managing emotions, caring for others, making good decisions, behaving ethically and responsibly, developing positive relationships, and avoiding negative behaviours (Elias et al. 1997).
In the school learning context, Social Emotional Learning is the process for integrating thinking, feelings and behaviour to achieve necessary skills to safeguard against bullying, peer pressure, disrespectful behaviour toward adults, dangerous risk-taking around sex, drugs, and alcohol