Social and emotional competence benefits all children. Social skills and social emotional learning (SEL) are fundamental to children’s mental health, academic learning and motivation to cooperate and achieve. Along with problem behaviours and school attendance, social skills are significant predicto...

Teachers carry out a number of roles in the educational system. Their primary role is to help all students develop knowledge and skills, but, most of the time, they take on the role of gatekeepers: They evaluate students and exercise selection on the basis of performance. We analyze the roles of tea...

Teachers carry out a number of roles in the educational system. Their primary role is to help all students develop knowledge and skills, but, most of the time, they take on the role of gatekeepers: They evaluate students and exercise selection on the basis of performance. We analyze the roles of tea...