SOCIO-EMOTIONAL PRACTICES IN THE 21ST-CENTURY EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The development of socioemotional skills is having a great impact on current education, since it provides students with social skills or socioemotional competencies that give them the necessary tools to develop successfully in any area of life. Social-emotional skills are competencies that transcend academic programs and are personal characteristics that define students and allow them to interact adequately with others in different spaces. These include aspects such as effective communication, leadership, collaborative work, emotional intelligence, negotiation, conflict management, critical thinking, empathy, among others. This article reflects on the relevance of socioemotionality in the educational environment, identifying the most important competencies to develop in educational practices and the strategies promoted by some socioemotional programs to develop and strengthen these competencies, in order to achieve the integral formation of students. In order to develop this essay-type scientific article, a documentary consultation of several sources related to the topic was made. Therefore, it is concluded that the learning and development of socioemotional skills leads to a better school performance, the acquisition of personal and social competencies that allow them to develop successfully in any context.