SEL stands for "Social-Emotional Learning," the label (give) to the "soft skills" that students need to be successful. Skills like cooperation, self-regulation, and decision-making are all part of a broad category that (see) as essential for success beyond the classroom.
Students today are coming to school with more fears, more anxiety, and (general) more needs than ever before. Learning how to cope these challenges is vital, but many students still struggle with finding social-emotional balance.
There have been many theories about social and emotional skills are not as strong as they could be. One theory is that as technology access (grow), social and emotional skills decrease.
Authors like Dr. Jean Twenge subscribe to the idea that technology is (blame). In her new book, Dr. Twenge lays out the differences between previous generations and the one she has named "iGen"— term for students growing up after the infiltration (渗透) of smart devices into society.
Dr. Twenge's (argue) is that the immediate satisfaction and overwhelming amount of information available at our fingertips can become an obsession. If not used properly, a smart device has the ability to become extremely (harm) to social and emotional skills.
