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Social and emotional learning


Auteur(s) :  Mina Gedikoglu

Editeur(s) :  Education Policy Institute

Date :  11/2021

 
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) is concerned with fostering children’s social and emotional skills within educational settings, alongside their academic skills. This can include developing young people’s relationships, communication, decision-making, self-esteem and behaviour.
  • SEL can play a central role in helping children to develop the skills for educational success and lifelong wellbeing.
  • As well as supporting pupil re-engagement after school closures, SEL can contribute to reducing the long-standing attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.
  • Despite this, there is no targeting of social, emotional or mental health in the government’s education recovery plans or as part of the levelling up agenda.

Given the evidence, the government should pursue the following policies:

  • Integrate SEL into the curriculum rather than delivering it in fragmented, one-off sessions.
  • Provide high-quality teacher training and ongoing support to ensure staff feel confident teaching the SEL curriculum and adapt it for diverse groups of pupils. Schools should take into account the wellbeing of staff as they are more likely to be able to support pupils if their own needs and competencies are addressed.
  • Encourage the adoption of a whole school approach to SEL, in which students have opportunities to apply skills in different situations and observe them being practiced by adults and peers.
  • As part of this, encourage the involvement of students and parents in planning, implementing, and evaluating approaches to SEL. This would also ensure that the needs of diverse groups are considered.
  • Ensure that targeted interventions to support children at particular risk of poor outcomes are accessible.

    The government must also consider that:

    • Current pressures on schools to achieve higher attainment standards are likely to stand in the way of evidence-based approaches to SEL
    • Ofsted’s new ‘personal development’ inspection category may help to change this, but, without adequate support for schools in place, could lead to the introduction of superficial and fragmented interventions.


    Télécharger le document :  https://epi.org.uk/.../SEL-paper-Nov2021-EPI.pdf