Journal Article

Social, emotional, ethical, and academic education

Cohen, Jonathan

2006

Overview

In this article, [the author] argues that the goals of education need to be reframed to prioritize not only academic learning, but also social, emotional, and ethical competencies. Surveying the current state of research in the fields of socialemotional education, character education, and school-based mental health in the United States, [he] suggests that social-emotional skills, knowledge, and dispositions provide the foundation for participation in a democracy and improved quality of life. [The author] discusses contemporary best practices and policy in relation to creating safe and caring school climates, home-school partnerships, and a pedagogy informed by social-emotional and ethical concerns. He also emphasizes the importance of scientifically sound measures of social-emotional and ethical learning, and advocates for action research partnerships between researchers and practioners to develop authentic methods of evaluation. [The author] notes the gulf that exists between the evidence-based guidelines for social-emotional learning, which are being increasingly adopted at the state level, and what is taught in schools of education and practiced in preK-12 schools. Finally, he asserts that social, emotional, ethical, and academic education is a human right that all students are entitled to, and argues that ignoring this amounts to a social injustice. (DIPF/Orig.).

• Publisher: Harvard Education Publishing Group,Harvard University,Harvard Education Press
• Subject: Academic Education / Action Research / Akademische Bildung / Bildungsforschung / Bildungspolitik / Citizenship Education / Civics / Civil rights / Community Relations / Democracy / Demokratische Bildung / Education / Education policy / Educational Experience / Educational Objectives / Educational Policy / Educational Research / Educational sciences / Elternarbeit / Emotional Development / Emotionale Erziehung / Emotions / Erziehungsziel / Ethical Instruction / Ethics / Ethische Erziehung / Evaluation Methods / Evidence / Family School Relationship / Forschungsstand / Guidelines / Happiness / Health Promotion / Interpersonal Competence / Learning / Lehrerausbildung / Lernkultur / Lifelong Learning / Mental Health / Middle Schools / North America / Numeracy / Organizational Objectives / Parents / Personality / Persönlichkeitsbildung / Policy, reform, legislation / Positive Attitudes / Quality of education / Quality of Life / Religion / Resistance (Psychology) / School Districts / School Effectiveness / Schools / Schools of Education / Schulkultur / Social Development / Social Emotional Learning / Society / Sozialerziehung / Soziales Lernen / Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung / Student Evaluation / Theory Practice Relationship / Umsetzung / United States / USA / Values Education / Wertevermittlung