Taking Stock of Programs to Develop Socioemotional Skills : A Systematic Review of Program Evidence

This book represents a systematic review of the documented impacts of programs aimed at fostering socio-emotional skills in developed and developing countries. It uses a life-cycle approach to organize the findings from rigorous evaluations of more than 80 programs. This includes programs for toddl...

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Main Authors:	Sánchez Puerta, Maria Laura, Valerio, Alexandria, Gutiérrez Bernal, Marcela
Format:	Book
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
Subjects:	SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS NONCOGNITIVE SKILLS PROGRAMS SOFT SKILLS CHARACTER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS QUASI-EXPERIMENTS SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24737

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spelling	okr-10986-247372021-04-23T14:04:27Z Taking Stock of Programs to Develop Socioemotional Skills : A Systematic Review of Program Evidence Sánchez Puerta, Maria Laura Valerio, Alexandria Gutiérrez Bernal, Marcela SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS NONCOGNITIVE SKILLS PROGRAMS SOFT SKILLS CHARACTER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS QUASI-EXPERIMENTS SYSTEMATIC REVIEW This book represents a systematic review of the documented impacts of programs aimed at fostering socio-emotional skills in developed and developing countries. It uses a life-cycle approach to organize the findings from rigorous evaluations of more than 80 programs. This includes programs for toddlers and young children before primary school, programs for students enrolled in formal education, and programs targeted at the out-of-school population. The book develops a conceptual framework that helps to identify the program characteristics and participants’ profiles associated with a range of program outcomes. These include health-related, behavioral, academic or cognitive, and economic-related outcomes. The review finds that few of the programs studied focus exclusively on the development of socio-emotional skills. In fact, most efforts to develop socio-emotional skills are embedded within innovative education and training curricula, as well as pedagogical and classroom practices. Evidence shows that programs are particularly effective when targeted to highly vulnerable populations and, in particular, to young children. Overall, findings indicate that high-quality programs for young children tend to foster cognitive abilities in the short run and to impact socio-emotional skills over the long run. Programs for students enrolled in formal education (primary and secondary levels) show positive and significant impacts on the outcomes reviewed. The most successful of these programs are implemented school-wide and follow the SAFE approach: that is, they are appropriately sequenced, active, focused, and explicit. Finally, the review finds that programs for out-of-school children and youth are usually designed as a means of achieving immediate labor market outcomes (e.g., job-placement, formal employment, and higher wages). While some of these programs show positive and statistically significant impacts on socio-emotional skills, the impacts tend to be small. 2016-08-01T16:05:28Z 2016-08-01T16:05:28Z 2016-08-01 Book 978-1-4648-0872-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24737 English en_US Directions in Development--Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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spellingShingle	SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS NONCOGNITIVE SKILLS PROGRAMS SOFT SKILLS CHARACTER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS QUASI-EXPERIMENTS SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Sánchez Puerta, Maria Laura Valerio, Alexandria Gutiérrez Bernal, Marcela Taking Stock of Programs to Develop Socioemotional Skills : A Systematic Review of Program Evidence
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description	This book represents a systematic review of the documented impacts of programs aimed at fostering socio-emotional skills in developed and developing countries. It uses a life-cycle approach to organize the findings from rigorous evaluations of more than 80 programs. This includes programs for toddlers and young children before primary school, programs for students enrolled in formal education, and programs targeted at the out-of-school population. The book develops a conceptual framework that helps to identify the program characteristics and participants’ profiles associated with a range of program outcomes. These include health-related, behavioral, academic or cognitive, and economic-related outcomes. The review finds that few of the programs studied focus exclusively on the development of socio-emotional skills. In fact, most efforts to develop socio-emotional skills are embedded within innovative education and training curricula, as well as pedagogical and classroom practices. Evidence shows that programs are particularly effective when targeted to highly vulnerable populations and, in particular, to young children. Overall, findings indicate that high-quality programs for young children tend to foster cognitive abilities in the short run and to impact socio-emotional skills over the long run. Programs for students enrolled in formal education (primary and secondary levels) show positive and significant impacts on the outcomes reviewed. The most successful of these programs are implemented school-wide and follow the SAFE approach: that is, they are appropriately sequenced, active, focused, and explicit. Finally, the review finds that programs for out-of-school children and youth are usually designed as a means of achieving immediate labor market outcomes (e.g., job-placement, formal employment, and higher wages). While some of these programs show positive and statistically significant impacts on socio-emotional skills, the impacts tend to be small.
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title	Taking Stock of Programs to Develop Socioemotional Skills : A Systematic Review of Program Evidence
title_short	Taking Stock of Programs to Develop Socioemotional Skills : A Systematic Review of Program Evidence
title_full	Taking Stock of Programs to Develop Socioemotional Skills : A Systematic Review of Program Evidence
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Taking Stock of Programs to Develop Socioemotional Skills : A Systematic Review of Program Evidence

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