https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/3971 2026-04-25T09:21:25Z 2026-04-25T09:21:25Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58642 2020-07-19T05:18:14Z 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Book reviews [International Journal of Emotional Education, 6(2)] Abstract: The first review is of Jean Mercer’s Child Development: Myths and Misunderstandings a book which seeks to address 59 myths in contemporary psychology from a refreshingly critical vantage point. Both this book and Anita Woolfolk’s twelfth edition of Educational Psychology offer invigorating material for parents to digest. Woolfolk also incorporates commentary from experienced teachers on how to engage with specific situations. Woolfolk has collaborated with Nancy E. Perry on another reviewed book, Child and Adolescent Development. Both of her books engage with psychological understanding ranging from infancy to adolescence, offering a distinct focus on socio-emotional dimensions and including a vital cross-cultural focus on diversity. The fourth reviewed book, by Levine & Munsch, Child Development – An Active Learning Approach also offers a strong cross-cultural lens as a horizon for interpretation, with particular strengths in its scrutiny of attachment and empathy issues.

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Title: Editorial [International Journal of Emotional Education, 6(2)] Abstract: The recent upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East have resulted in an influx of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean to European shores; while in 2013 the figure stood at 60,000, this year so far the number has more than doubled at 130,000. Migration has been also one of the main issues which influenced voting in the European elections held earlier this year, showing an increase in its importance in 19 member states since the last elections five years ago. The rise of rightist movements and political parties with their anti-immigration policies in various European countries, has also been another issue of concern in this respect. The first paper in this issue on sensitizing children to the social and emotional mechanisms underlying racism, is thus very welcome in this context. Sofia Trilvia and her colleagues (Greece) present the results of an intervention programme to help primary school students identify emotions associated with prejudice, discrimination and stereotypical thinking, understand similarities and differences between people, and develop perspective taking and empathic skills in relation to diverse others.

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Title: Book reviews [International Journal of Emotional Education, 6(1)] Abstract: A common theme among a number of the books reviewed in this issue is that of care and relationships as part of preparing future professionals, whether in the area of primary education, health and social care or youth work. Cefai & Cavioni’s book is concerned with Social and Emotional Education (SEE) in primary schools, adopting a layered focus through a multi-component, multiintervention, multi-population and multi-year approach that is largely psychological in focus. Brotherton & Parker’s book on education in health and social care takes a more sociological, social policy and political focus, while also seeking to address the needs of practitioners. Similarly Sapin’s book, engaging with relationships as part of developing creativity and reflection in youth work settings, offers perspectives that are relevant across disciplines and professional domains. Gray & Webb’s ambit of concern is with social work; they draw on a diverse and eclectic range of thinkers, mainly through a sociological and political theories lens. The commonality of themes, concerns and approaches, while obviously offering distinctive angles of specific concern as well, raise the issue as to how much current and future university courses across education, health and social care, social work and youth work could increasingly offer some similar joint modules as part of a broader multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach – some disciplinary boundaries may need expansion to benefit from such crossfertilisation of ideas and approaches. It is increasingly evident in the education, health, social care, social work and youth work domains that no domain is an island.

2014-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58638 2020-07-19T05:17:59Z 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Editorial [International Journal of Emotional Education, 6(1)] Abstract: This special issue of the International Journal of Emotional Education presents some of the highlights of two International Conferences on the Promotion of Social and Emotional Competence, namely the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Centre for Social Competence at Diakonhjemmet University College, Norway in 2012, and the 4th International ENSEC Conference at Zagreb University, Croatia in 2013. The first three papers are from the Social Competence conference in Norway, while the last four papers are taken from ENSEC conference in Croatia. This edition then, in the spirit of ENSEC and the Centre for Social Competence conferences, is brought to you by three editors from the Norway, Croatia, and the United Kingdom, and represents a truly international collaboration.

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