Social Emotional Learning for Students and Educators: A Framework for Pedagogy and Classroom Management

Research has shown that Social Emotional Learning (SEL) enhances student-teacher relationships, enhances students’ learning and their success in school and in life, and improves teachers’ well-being and job satisfaction. This article presents a theoretical overview of the social emotional learning benefits to students and teachers using Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning CASEL’s competencies as a conceptual framework. A number of practical strategies and examples based on SEL competencies are presented, such as classroom strategies to build student-teacher relationships and improve students’ learning and behavior, and strategies to enhance teachers’ wellbeing and work satisfaction. It is concluded that emotions and learning are inseparable, and they play a vital role in students’ academic success. The role the teachers should be help their students understand their emotions and those of others, know how to interact with others and become more caring, responsible and empathetic citizens, and learn how to set goals and make wise decision that will affect their present and future.