LINKING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EXPLAINING CURRENT EDUCATIONAL REALITIES

Abstract

Current educational realities reveal a dynamic environment where emotions play a central role in learning and coexistence. Developing emotional competencies involves cultivating self-awareness, self-regulation, and empathy—essential tools for navigating uncertainty, curricular changes, and social challenges. Therefore, the central objective of this paper is to analyze the connection between the development of emotional competencies and the explanatory framework of current educational realities. To this end, a hermeneutic approach is taken to the interpretive discourse that emerges from a theoretical and documentary review. Within this framework, teachers must integrate strategies that enable students to recognize their own emotions and manage them in a healthy way, fostering a receptive and collaborative classroom climate. Contemporary education also demands emotional literacy to understand how emotions influence attention, memory, and decision-making in the face of assessment, academic pressure, and technological contexts.