Block 2: Emotional development of school-aged children

1. Emotions and feelings

Definition of both concepts, basic classification of the emotions and how emotions have to be developed in school.

2. Self-regulation

How emotions are developed, the importance of knowing how to regulate one's owns feelings, the consequences that negative states have in education, concepts of self-concept and self-esteem, importance of self-esteem in school performance.

3. Gender differences and construction

Differentiation of gender roles, stereotypes adjusted to each gender, how emotions are expressed according to gender, influences of family and school in the reproduction of gender inequalities, and strategies to overcome gender differences in school.

4. Social interactions 

Definition of friendship and their positive repercussions, explination of the evolution of friendship according to three thesis, examples of friendships, typoology of students in a school according to socialization factors, importance of friendship for children in a school.