This review explored the research regarding the effects of pre-K-12 school-based social and
emotional learning (SEL) interventions on reading (N= 57,755), mathematics (N= 61,360) …

Considerable strides have been made in the past decade in recognizing the centrality of the
cultural context of schooling to adolescent development. In this review, adopting a …

" This is the one book that I recommend as authoritative on life-span identity development.
Written in a lively style with examples both numerous and apt, it helps practitioners and …

This chapter describes positive youth development (PYD) as an emerging arena of applied
developmental science. We show how PYD is both rooted in the theoretical traditions of …

In the 20th century, childhood and adolescence came to be increasingly regarded as special
periods of development in which children were provided extra support to learn and develop …

In 1979, Bronfenbrenner published the first of a series of works charging developmental
scientists with the task of studying human development from more naturalistic, and …

Social responsibility is a value orientation, rooted in democratic relationships with others
and moral principles of care and justice, that motivates certain civic actions. Given its …

Character education is both popular and controversial. A psychological approach to
understanding its central constructs is proposed. We review philosophical conceptions of …

There has been a recent renaissance in civics and moral education in the Asia-Pacific
region. The need to incorporate the notion of emotional literacy into such programmes is …

This Handbook outlines the current state of research in social studies education–a complex,
dynamic, challenging field with competing perspectives about appropriate goals, and on …