SOCIO-EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES: FASHION OR NECESSITY IN COLOMBIAN EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Authors

  • Jhenifer Patricia Quintero Castillo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56219/lneaimaginaria.v2i26.6443

Keywords:

Socioemotional Competencies, Educational policy, Colombian Education, School coexistence, holistic education

Abstract

This article critically examines the role of socioemotional competencies in Colombian educational policy by asking whether they are merely a trend or a genuine necessity. It contextualizes the rise of socioemotional discourse in the international arena and within the national framework (citizenship competencies standards, Peace Chair and Law 2383 of 2024). The analysis explores how schools and teachers often experience socioemotional education as a bureaucratic requirement, while arguing that it is in fact an educational necessity in a country marked by violence, inequality and a fragile social fabric. Finally, the article discusses the risks of reducing socioemotional competencies to rhetoric and proposes several pathways to turn them into a humanizing, cross-curricular axis of school pedagogical projects.

 

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Author Biography

Jhenifer Patricia Quintero Castillo

Institución Educativa

Villas de San Ignacio

Bucaramanga, Santander

Colombia

References

CASEL. (2020). CASEL’s SEL framework: What are the core competence areas of social and emotional learning? Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning. (2019). CASEL’s SEL framework [Versión en español].

Congreso de la República de Colombia. (2014). Ley 1732 de 2014, por la cual se establece la Cátedra de la Paz en todas las instituciones educativas del país. Diario Oficial.

Congreso de la República de Colombia. (2024). Ley 2383 de 2024, por medio de la cual se promueve la educación socioemocional de los niños, niñas y adolescentes en las instituciones educativas de preescolar, básica y media en Colombia. Diario Oficial.

Ministerio de Educación Nacional. (2004). Estándares básicos de competencias ciudadanas: Formar para la ciudadanía… ¡sí es posible! Ministerio de Educación Nacional.

Published

2026-10-11

How to Cite

Jhenifer Patricia Quintero Castillo. (2026). SOCIO-EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES: FASHION OR NECESSITY IN COLOMBIAN EDUCATIONAL POLICY. LÍNEA IMAGINARIA, 2(26). https://doi.org/10.56219/lneaimaginaria.v2i26.6443

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