Managing Social
emotional
environment
SUMITRA KAN FONG KUEN
JABATAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
FEBRUARY 2015
"Social-emotional development is
a child’s ability to understand the
feelings of others, control their
own feelings and behaviors, and
get along with peers.”
(Songer, 2001)
"It includes self-awareness, control of
impulsivity, working cooperatively,
and caring about oneself and
others.”
(Maurice, 1997)
Social - emotional skills
Goals of Social-Emotinal Development
handle emotions well
relax and focus on learning
avoid negative behaviors
make positive decisions
solve problems cooperatively
understand others
practice empathy and caring.
Lacking the social–emotional competencies:
Lacking SEL
Difficult to focus on learning.
No empathatic,
Detract from the healthy functioning
Create conflict
Create disharmony
Fail to build the healthy
relationships
The role of a teacher
be attentive to children's need
model appropriate attitude and behaviour.
help children to regulate
emotion and behavior
provide opportunities for children to develop new
social-emotional skills
help children to understand and be empathetic
with other's feeling and
emotion
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