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Minds and Behaviors at Work : Boosting Socioemotional Skills for Latin America's Workforce.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank Publications,
2016.
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| Colección: | Directions in Development;Directions in Development - Human Development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents; Abstract; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Objectives and Value Added of the Study; Definitions of Skills and Data for Skills Measurement; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills Profile of the Latin American Workforce; Mapping the Distribution of Cognitive Skills; Mapping the Distribution of Socioemotional Skills; Note; References; Chapter 3 Do Skills Affect Labor Market and Tertiary Education Outcomes in Latin America?
- Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills Are Correlated with Labor EarningsSocioemotional Skills Are Correlated with Employment and Productive Activity; Both Types of Skills Are Correlated with Job Type; Both Skills Types Positively Correlate with Tertiary School Attendance; Interpretation of Cross-Country Variations; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Policy and Programming for Socioemotional Skill Development; Translating Research Findings into Policy-Relevant Concepts; Socioemotional Learning through the Life Cycle; Cognitive and Socioemotional Learning Processes; Notes; References.
- Chapter 5 ConclusionsBoth Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills Are Associated with Labor Market and Tertiary Education Outcomes; Instruction in Both Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills Is Both Possible and Necessary to Better Prepare Latin American Workers for the Labor Market; Research Is Needed to Guide Policy Design; References; Appendix A Abstracts of Background Papers; Appendix B Methodologies Used in This Study; Appendix C Summary of Associations between Measures of Skills and Labor Market and Tertiary Education Outcomes in Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, and Peru.
- Appendix D Regression Results from Country StudiesAppendix E Cross-Country Variations in Associations between Skills Dimensions and Labor Market and Tertiary Education Outcomes; Appendix F Inventory of Promising Interventions to Foster Socioemotional Skills; Boxes; Box 1.1 Changes in the Skill Content of Occupations in Latin America; Box 1.2 Measures of Socioemotional Skills Using the "Big Five" Classification; Box 1.3 How Data Were Collected for This Study.
- Box 2.1 How Do Cognitive Skills of Future Labor-Market Entrants in Latin America Compare with Their Peers from Outside the Region? Results from the PISABox 4.1 Promoting Self-Regulated Learning in Young Children through the Tools of the Mind Program; Box 4.2 Developing Teachers' Socioemotional Skills through Peru's Escuela Amiga Program; Box 4.3 Improving the School Climate through the School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Model; Box 4.4 Incorporating Socioemotional Skills into the Teaching of Other Subjects: Facing History and Ourselves.