Enhanced Social- Emotional Learning (Esel): An Intervention to Mitigate Work-Related Stress among Teachers
Keywords:
ESEL, Negative Emotions, Work-Related Stress, SELAbstract
An enhancement of social-emotional learning (SEL) is a process where teachers acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships among teachers and make responsible decisions, in order to cope and bridge the gap on teachers’ management to work-related stress. The study used mix method where descripted quantitative able to get the weighted mean of the 30 teachers about their work-related stress however the qualitative able to explain the ESEL to the teachers using content analysis. The results of the study revealed that, 70% of teachers agreed that they have experienced work-related stress stated on the results and were grounded into 2 major themes, (a) ESEL promotes a less discriminating and inclusive environment for students, and (b) ESEL contributes in achieving the goals of the teacher to be productive and have a meaningful teaching-learning experience. This study found out that teachers with high social and emotional competence (SEC) are effective manager of stress and have a more positive affect, greater principal support, higher job satisfaction and a sense of personal accomplishment.
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