Social-emotional learning implementation and its impact on student achievement

Risa Ginting; Asep Herry Hernawan

doi:10.17509/jik.v21i4.66374

Social-emotional learning implementation and its impact on student achievement

Risa Ginting, Asep Herry Hernawan

Abstract

This article investigates social-emotional learning implementation in various educational institutions and its relation to student's academic and non-academic achievements. Social-emotional skills are essential as they have long-term impacts that can be felt in multiple aspects of life. The method used is a systematic literature review conducted by collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing various literature related to the research topic. The variables studied include methods for developing social-emotional competencies, implementing social-emotional learning, and its relation to students' academic and non-academic achievements. Data were obtained from literature searches on findings related to social-emotional competencies conducted over the past five years. The research findings indicate that social-emotional learning is applied using various methods and approaches across different levels of educational institutions. It was also found that social-emotional learning positively influences students' academic and non-academic achievements. Students with good social-emotional skills generally have better academic scores compared to their peers who do not possess such skills. They also feel happier, have better mental health, have higher attendance rates in class, and are rarely involved in problems with their peers.

Abstrak

Penulisan artikel ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki implementasi pembelajaran sosial emosional di berbagai institusi pendidikan dan kaitannya dengan pencapaian akademik dan non-akademik peserta didik. Keterampilan sosial emosional merupakan hal yang penting untuk dimiliki karena memiliki dampak jangka panjang yang dapat dirasakan dalam berbagai aspek kehidupan. Metode yang digunakan adalah tinjauan literatur sistematis yang dilakukan dengan cara mengumpulkan, mengevaluasi, dan mensintesis berbagai literatur yang terkait dengan topik penelitian. Variabel-variabel yang diteliti meliputi metode pengembangan kompetensi sosial emosional, penerapan pembelajaran sosial emosional, dan kaitannya dengan pencapaian peserta didik baik akademik maupun non-akademik. Data-data diperoleh dari pencarian literatur mengenai temuan-temuan terkait kompetensi sosial emosional yang dilakukan selama 5 tahun terakhir. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa implementasi pembelajaran sosial emosional dilakukan melalui berbagai metode dan pendekatan di berbagai jenjang institusi pendidikan. Selain itu juga ditemukan bahwa pembelajaran sosial emosional memiliki pengaruh yang positif terhadap pencapaian akademik maupun non akademik peserta didik. Peserta didik dengan keterampilan sosial emosional yang baik pada umumnya memiliki skor akademik yang lebih baik ketimbang rekannya yang tidak memiliki keterampilan tersebut. Mereka juga merasa lebih bahagia dan memiliki kesehatan mental yang lebih baik, memiliki tingkat kehadiran yang tinggi di kelas dan jarang terlibat masalah dengan temannya.

Kata Kunci: pembelajaran sosial emosional; pencapaian akademik; pencapaian non-akademik

Keywords

academic achievement; non-academic achievement; social-emotional learning

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/jik.v21i4.66374