RUNNING HEAD: LITERATURE REVIEW ERDISTON TEACHERS TRANINNG COLLEGE Literature Review ETTC/FE 101: From Then Until Now: Exploring Principles of Education Renadra White Wednesday 4th December 2019 Ms. Gina Burnham LITERATURE REVIEW 2 The purpose of this literature review is to review the relevant literature by some theorist and practioners relating the focus of study, “Global Trends in Education their differences and similarities in an effort to explain how it impacts the Social and Emotional learning in schools. Global trends in education refer to upward and developing changes in education that affects countries around the world in a positive way. Global trends are advancements in educational programs and strategies that enhance the effectiveness in teachers when teaching students. It is beneficial to children worldwide, as it carters to the developmental needs of each child. Social and emotional learning of students affects their ability to actively participate in their own learning. Therefore as training teachers it is important to understand your students emotionally and socially, because it develops skills in students that allows them to be successful academically and in life. In agreement (Directory, 2013) purport that studies have shown that social and emotional learning provides students with a number of skills that are essential to academic and lifelong success. The Social and Emotional Skills are self-awareness, self-management, socialawareness, responsible decision making and relationship skills. These are the skills gained by students when improving social and emotional learning in schools. According to (Zins & et.al, 2004, p. 6) “Social and emotional education involves teaching children to be self-aware, socially cognizant, the ability to make responsible decisions and competent in self-management and relationship skills so as to foster their academic success” Self –awareness can be defined as being aware of one’s character, feelings, motives and desires. According to (Dictionary, 2019) “self-awareness is good knowledge and judgement about one’s self”. Self-awareness is very critical for individuals because it helps students to recognize their strengths and weakness which allows them to have a better understanding of their own feelings, thoughts, and actions on how to face and work arounds challenges to that will aid LITERATURE REVIEW 3 in their success. (GOLEMAN, 2019) Stated that “emotional self-awareness is the ability to understand your own emotions and their effects on your performance” Self-management refers to a person having the ability to manage your own behavior, well-being. “Self-management can be referred to as an amalgamation of time management, life management and person management.” (Iland, 2013, p. 9) Self-management is important as it allows children to control their emotions in order to work toward goals. Self-management is an essential skill for all ages, it teaches students to be independent and it also helps students to control their own behavior. Self-management skills include an awareness of one’s feelings, the ability to manage those feelings and the ability to make positive self-statement and attribution that support selfesteem, productive expectations and optimism. Finally on a behavioral level, important selfmanagement skills include how to follow directions, ignore distractions, and respond to teasing, losing or ejection; how to avoid difficult peer or emotionally volatile situations and to respond positively and appropriately to peer pressure.” (Knoff, 2012, p. 109) Improving social and emotional learning in school has benefits for students; one benefit is improved test scores, positive behavior and attendance. Social and emotional learning provides a foundation for positive learning that helps students to succeed in school additional it develops skill. For instance self –awareness this gives students ability to know their strengths and weaknesses, self-management, this allows students to have control of their behavior in class and classmates which allows them to develop their relationship skills. Social and emotional learning contribute successful to the performance of students. Although there are benefits of social and emotional learning within schools, there are also disadvantages that affect the effectiveness of this global trend, according to (Victor, 2019, p. 5) LITERATURE REVIEW 4 “S.E.L could teach a child to make him or herself feel good even, when they have done or experienced something bad”. One benefits of social and emotional learning that can be derives and applied in the Barbadian school are incorporating social and emotional learning into subjects being taught. According to (Cole, 2013, p. 194) “incorporating social and emotional learning into other curricular subjects and building a school ethos that provided conditions for promoting social and emotional learning.”
