Our lab name stands for

Social-Emotional Learning for

Adults and Students In Asia and beyond+. 

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• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is an educational intervention approach aimed to foster social-emotional competence in individuals and to build socially and emotionally safe and nurturing learning environments. Our research focuses on understanding factors, mechanisms, and contexts that make SEL effective, sustainable, and equity-enhancing in real-world school settings.​​​

  

• Adults and Students can both benefit from SEL. Our research extends beyond SEL for children and adolescents to include SEL for adults. We are particularly interested in SEL for school teachers because their social-emotional competence can directly shape the conditions for students to learn and thrive.

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• In Asia and beyond+, there is a growing interest in and demand for school-based SEL to prevent various youth mental and behavioral health problems, to promote youth well-being and well-rounded development, and to create a more positive school climate. Our research endeavors to advance the emerging SEL literature in Asia and enrich global scholarship through cross-cultural research. 

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