Social-Emotional Competence: Vital to Cultivating Mindful Global Citizenship in Higher Education

Abstract

In this chapter, the co-authors contend that the social-emotional dimensions of teaching, learning, diversity, and inclusion are vital to the development of mindful global citizens. Through drawing on both shared and individual experiences within their university context, and tapping into research literature across the fields of education and social neuroscience, they attempt to present a case in support of this claim. The co-authors assert that in order for mindful global citizenship to be cultivated in authentic, optimal ways in university classrooms and co-curricular spaces, teaching and learning must be anchored in relational trust, social-emotional learning/development, and well-being.

Citation

Donahue-Keegan, D., Karatas, J., Elcock-Price, V. and Weinberg, N. (2017), "Social-Emotional Competence: Vital to Cultivating Mindful Global Citizenship in Higher Education", Engaging Dissonance: Developing Mindful Global Citizenship in Higher Education (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 9), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 265-291. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120170000009014