Book Review

Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and emotional learning as foundation for future readiness: Translating research to practice. Cham: Springer.

Volume: 8 Number: 1 March 25, 2026

Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and emotional learning as foundation for future readiness: Translating research to practice. Cham: Springer.

Abstract

This book review situates the rapid expansion of social and emotional learning (SEL) research since the consolidation of CASEL’s five-domain framework alongside growing concerns about the field’s geographic concentration and the cross-cultural validity of dominant models. It reviews Social and Emotional Learning as Foundation for Future Readiness, a volume emerging from the SEL-IRN network that synthesises educators’ locally grounded understandings of SEL across nineteen countries using open-ended surveys and cross-cultural comparative analysis. The review highlights the book’s central contribution: an empirically anchored effort to decentre Western assumptions by demonstrating how SEL competencies are embedded in distinct cultural, philosophical, and institutional traditions. It concludes that the volume advances culturally responsive SEL by moving beyond normative claims to provide concrete cross-national evidence with implications for theory-building and context-sensitive intervention design.

Keywords

book review, social and emotional learning, culturally responsive SEL, cross-cultural

Ethical Statement

As this article is a book review, it involved no human participants and did not require ethics approval.

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APA
Alemdar, M. (2026). Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and emotional learning as foundation for future readiness: Translating research to practice. Cham: Springer. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning, 8(1). https://izlik.org/JA79UL75NH
AMA
1.Alemdar M. Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and emotional learning as foundation for future readiness: Translating research to practice. Cham: Springer. TELL. 2026;8(1). https://izlik.org/JA79UL75NH
Chicago
Alemdar, Melek. 2026. “Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and Emotional Learning As Foundation for Future Readiness: Translating Research to Practice. Cham: Springer”. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning 8 (1). https://izlik.org/JA79UL75NH.
EndNote
Alemdar M (March 1, 2026) Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and emotional learning as foundation for future readiness: Translating research to practice. Cham: Springer. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning 8 1
IEEE
[1]M. Alemdar, “Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and emotional learning as foundation for future readiness: Translating research to practice. Cham: Springer”., TELL, vol. 8, no. 1, Mar. 2026, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA79UL75NH
ISNAD
Alemdar, Melek. “Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and Emotional Learning As Foundation for Future Readiness: Translating Research to Practice. Cham: Springer”. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning 8/1 (March 1, 2026). https://izlik.org/JA79UL75NH.
JAMA
1.Alemdar M. Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and emotional learning as foundation for future readiness: Translating research to practice. Cham: Springer. TELL. 2026;8. Available at https://izlik.org/JA79UL75NH.
MLA
Alemdar, Melek. “Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and Emotional Learning As Foundation for Future Readiness: Translating Research to Practice. Cham: Springer”. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning, vol. 8, no. 1, Mar. 2026, https://izlik.org/JA79UL75NH.
Vancouver
1.Melek Alemdar. Park, C. M., Ferrari, L., Scoda, A.-D., Karacan Özdemir, N., Marsay, G., & Solberg, V. S. H. (Eds.). (2025). Social and emotional learning as foundation for future readiness: Translating research to practice. Cham: Springer. TELL [Internet]. 2026 Mar. 1;8(1). Available from: https://izlik.org/JA79UL75NH