Especially when the Soviet satellite was launched into the sky, the United States was shocked and doubted its own education system. It is considered that it is not enough to emphasize only secondary education and primary education, and we must start with early childhood education.
In order to compete with the Soviet Union for hegemony, develop science and technology, and enrich the national defense strength, we have increased investment in education, created material conditions, formulated various experimental plans, improved the educational level, and strengthened the development of preschool education.
American education attaches importance to the study of learning science;
Scientists and educators study how the brain learns, how thinking develops and how cognition occurs, which will involve many disciplines such as psychology, education, neurology and behavior. Therefore, in the United States, education is a science, observing, analyzing and tracking learners' learning, psychology and behavior patterns, and then constructing theories, models and paradigms for teachers to use in teaching. The concept of "growth thinking" is a typical research achievement and is recognized as one of the most influential psychological studies in recent decades.
Similar to growth-oriented thinking, social emotional education also belongs to the category of non-cognitive field, which is considered to be the key factor affecting a person's success and happiness. Social emotional ability mainly includes responsibility, self-confidence, critical thinking, motivation, endurance and creativity, self-efficacy and self-control.
Many studies have proved that people's success or happiness is increasingly subject to the development level of social and emotional abilities. This is the core ability facing the 2 1 century, and it is a kind of empathy ability, which temporarily puts down self and invests in the other's world, thus realizing real understanding.