The (not so) Secret Life of Emotions at School: Identifying and Developing Social-Emotional Competencies as the Basis of Teaching-Learning Relationships

Abstract

Affective or social and emotional competencies play a major role in teaching and learning. However, these competencies are not stagnant: they are competencies that anyone can learn to develop—but not just in any manner! It is in this perspective that developing social and emotional competencies becomes a major subject in teachers’ professional training and educational arsenal.