The Role of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL): Building Emotionally Intelligent Individuals

Abstract

Emotional Intelligence, however, cannot be defined; however, we can define Emotional Intelligence as the ability to know own’s and people’s emotions, both own and other people’s, and use it in the right manner guiding our actions and thinking. Emotional Intelligence is an introduction to emotional intelligence in general but with reference to the workplace. In this work it discusses what emotional intelligence is and the importance of having self awareness, self management, awareness of others, and of relationship management. Emotions are one of the most important things and the most fundamental part of human experience. There is joy or pleasure when we do something and you lose, you are sad, or in the event that things do not appear the way it is supposed to we get envious or feel irritated. What is this emotion, what does it look like, what is contained within, how does it work on our thinking and other things in our life? Emotions are a difficult thing to define and come up with some sort of framework of how we can come to understand them. Complex concepts such as these lie somewhere at the intersection of philosophy, psychology and neuroscience.
We define social and emotional learning (SEL) this way, which is important part of education and human development. SEL is the process by which all young people and adults acquire and apply knowledge and skills to become, based on their own needs and as members of acommunity develop healthy identities, manage emotions, set and accomplish personal and collective goals, define and resolve conflict, engage in responsible decision making, show empathy, and establish and maintain supportive relationships with eachother.