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