Research project Social and Emotional Learning in Preservice Teacher Education

The core social-emotional competencies are self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. It is argued that the development of the socio-emotional-cognitive skills these competencies imply is a process, that these skills can in fact be taught, modelled, practised, and applied. In addition, one of the primary places where this learning takes place is in schools. This research then aims to investigate the way in which preservice teacher education at Stockholm University provides the necessary information, coursework and experiences that prepare student teachers to address and attend to questions related to social and emotional learning in practice.