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Exploring the Challenges of Social-Emotional Learning Integration in Secondary Schools: A Phenomenological Research
Van-Son Huynh1, Thien-Vu Giang1, Thi-Tu Nguyen1
1Psychology Department, Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Introduction:
With the advantage of the restructured education in Vietnam, the social-emotional learning (SEL) framework has been gradually piloting applied into the educational curriculum. However, the SEL integration is only effective in primary school.
Methods:
This study applied qualitative phenomenological research, which used in-depth interviews with students and core teachers who have experienced SEL from previous studies to explore and explain the SEL integration is not successful at the secondary level.
Findings:
Four findings showed the current challenges of SEL's integration in Vietnamese educational curriculum: 1) the incompatibility between the current curriculum and the teachers' pedagogical capacity; 2) the perceived difficulties in integrating SEL into educational activities; 3) the limited focus on understanding the students' psychology; and 4) students cannot develop their social-emotional competence.
Discussion:
When the challenges can be solved, corresponding to the solutions discussed, can the SEL framework be properly integrated into Vietnamese education, as well as designing an integrated continuous SEL-orientated curriculum across school levels, meeting the requirements of the new educational curriculum.
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