The Impact of the Whole-School Approach for Primary School Students' Social Emotional Competencies in China

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Abstract

This paper reports parts of findings for impact evaluation of UNICEF-China Social Emotional Learning (SEL) project. The SEL project employs a comprehensive, whole-school approach to promote the students’ social and emotional competencies that underpin effective learning, positive relationship, caring, safety and healthy school climate, and the emotional health and well¬being of all students in schools. It found that after two years’ project implementation in rural primary schools in China, there is positive improvement on students’ self-awareness competency according to students’ self-report, and no significant changes on the other dimensions. Improved self-awareness, age related changes and limited time scale are the possible explanations for the contrast results.

Authors

• Yuan Du, Beijing Normal University

• Yaqing Mao, Beijing Normal University

• Chuanli Yang

• Xiaoping Guo, UNICEF Country Office for China