How Does Social Emotional Competence Affect Teachers' Professional Experience? Evidence Based on the Scoping Review ofMultiple English Databases

Abstract

Professional experience affects the success and career of teachers. International studies have shown that social emotional competence plays an important role in reducing teachers' stress and buffering their burnout, which affects teachers' professional experience. However, there is no sufficient evidence in previous studies to support how social emotional competence affects teachers' professional experience. Therefore, a scoping review was conducted in our study to examine 13 articles on the impact of social emotional competence on teachers from three English databases. It is found that teachers with high social emotional competence generally have lower levels of job burnout. Moreover, the mechanism of the above effect mainly includes that social emotional ability reduces burnout by meeting the basic psychological needs of teachers, builds supportive classrooms to enhance teaching efficacy, and mediates external support fromschools to enhance their well-beings. The relevant research conclusions from international studies provide beneficial insights for China to improve teachers' social emotional competence, including helping teachers establish self-awareness, providing the resources of emotional support for teachers, and conducting the training of teachers' emotional education.

Keywords

• teacher's social-emotional competence
• social-emotional learning
• well-being
• teacherburnout