Around the globe there is a growing awareness of the importance of addressing students¿ social
and emotional development and wellbeing during schooling. Although the bulk of the work in this
area has been conducted in North America and Europe there is now a burgeoning interest in this
topic in Australia and the wider Asia Pacific. This book is the first ever to provide a timely
and important collection of diverse perspectives on and approaches to social and emotional
learning in the Australian and Asia Pacific context. Adopting a broad view of social and
emotional learning the book explores positive psychology belonging teachers¿ professional
development pre-service training and post-initial training in Australia and in neighbouring
communities such as China Hong Kong Korea Singapore New Zealand Fiji and other Pacific
nations. Frydenberg Martin and Collie have provided an incredible service by bringing
together in a single well planned scholarly volume an incredible and well balanced group of
senior and early career cutting edge researchers from Australia Asia and the Asia Pacific area
tackling approaches and key issues of social and emotional learning. Their much needed volume
links research on key factors such as differing perspectives measurement issues the
identification of at-risk children teachers' social and emotional development and these and
other across the cultures of an increasingly vibrant and developing geographic region. It is
indeed encouraging to gain the sense of depth and breadth of ongoing research that the volume
gives. John Roodenburg PhD FAPS MCEDP MCCOUNSP Monash University Melbourne Social and
Emotional Learning is understood to be a crucial part of the school curriculum. This book
covers the field with a refreshing focus on work being done in Australia and in neighbouring
countries. For school psychologists the book helps us to understand how SEL can help at every
level ¿ from working with individuals small groups whole classes or with the entire school.
Our work with vulnerable students individually or in small groups is always more effective
when embedded in the broader context of Social and Emotional Learning. Paul Bertoia FAPS MCEDP
Senior School Psychologist¿This collected volume of researchers from Australia and the
Asia-Pacific provides a thorough review of important educational social and emotional
development issues for practitioners and researchers around the world. Readers will greatly
benefit from the breadth and depth of treatment in each of the topics covered.¿ Kit-Tai Hau
PhD Choh-Ming Li Professor of Educational Psychology The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
