SEL IRN Project: Cross-Cultural Research on Social Emotional Learning and Career Development
This cross-cultural investigation of educator perceptions regarding the nature and value of social emotional learning (SEL) is led by Drs. Solberg and Park at BU and Dr. Lea Ferrari at the University of Padova, Italy. Research teams from 18 countries are participating, and the World Research Education Association has formally recognized the work as an International Research Network (IRN). Research team members have been analyzing SEL themes that emerged from the data collected in 2019 and developing a new survey that will be used in a multi-national data collection in 2020. The analysis of the new survey will be supported by a doctoral student Hayoung Kim. The team uses a social justice and liberation psychology lens to analyze the data. In Spring 2020, the IRN launched an international webinar series on SEL and Career Development.
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