Socio-Emotional Education: Discussing its Implementation Within Chilean Educational Context

Authors

  • Pamela Barría-Herrera Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7794-5414
  • José Manuel Améstica-Abarca Diego Portales University
  • Christian Miranda-Jaña University of Chile

Abstract

The consequences of recent health, social and political crisis have opened up new challenges for Chilean educational system, such as promoting social and emotional development among students. Within this framework, different models and perspectives regarding socio-emotional education and learning have gained relevance. Nevertheless, implementing these models in Chilean educational contexts requires discussing topics related to i) perspectives that may be adopted on emotions within educational processes, (ii) ways of understanding student’s and teacher’s roles in its implementation, and (iii) our own position upon social and emotional learning as an educational proposal. These elements are discussed in this essay.

Keywords:

Socio-emotional learning, socio-emotional education, teacher labour, teacher role, student development

Author Biographies

Pamela Barría-Herrera, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación

Pamela Barría-Herrera

Doctoral Student in Education, Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences, Santiago, Chile; Master in Educational Psychology, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

José Manuel Améstica-Abarca, Diego Portales University

José Manuel Améstica-Abarca

Coordinator of Liaison with the Environment of Liderando Escuelas project, Faculty of Education, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile; Master in Educational Psychology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Christian Miranda-Jaña, University of Chile

Christian Miranda-Jaña

Associate Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Doctor of Educational Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.