Social and Emotional Learning Discourse in Public Education Engagement

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Two
  In Roundtable Session: Embracing Critical Discourse in Social and Emotional Learning (Table 16)

Abstract

Discourse around social and emotional learning (SEL) has swelled during the years of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we analyze how SEL and mental health were deployed in one local community education council meeting in New York City in February 2022. We investigate participants’ causal-relational theorizing across mental health, physical health, physical safety, and academic performance. We found that social emotional well-being was deployed as causes and consequences of a variety of educational issues, and narrow views of citizenry and justice were taken up as warrants for speakers’ arguments.

Authors

• Jasmine Y. Ma, New York University
  Presenting Author

• Molly L. Kelton, Washington State University
  Presenting Author

• Ali R. Blake, Boston College
  Presenting Author

• Chris Ostrowdun, University of Leeds
  Presenting Author

• Sarah C. Radke, Concord Consortium
  Non-Presenting Author

• Arundhati Velamur, New York University
  Presenting Author

• Anna Skorupa, New York University
  Presenting Author