Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

OECD ESP International Study on Social and Emotional Skills (Ⅰ)

This study is a part of the global joint study proceeded by OECD Secretariat, OECD ESP (Education and Social Progress) project, and is a exploratory study in preparation for a large longitudinal study planned to begin in 2021. This project intends to track the formation and development of social and emotional skills of students and to identify impact of learning contexts on social and emotional skills, and impact of social and emotional skills on social progress variables. To do so, OECD first conducts the study on social and emotional skills (hereinafter referred to as The Study) to find out the level and characteristics of social and emotional skills of students in different social, cultural background and policy context of each participating member state for 4 years from 2017 to 2020 as a base survey in advance before carrying out the first longitudinal data collection in 2021. In line with the survey, this study intends to verify international validity and reliability of measurement instruments to be used for the main study; to thoroughly explore feasibility of methods and procedures of an international comparison study; and to review the policy and academic usability of research results in a broader sense in advance of conducting the main study.