Why should we pay more attention to adults’ social and emotional skills?

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No 15, Adult Skills in Focus from OECD Publishing

Abstract: The Survey of Adult Skills assesses key information-processing skills of adults – literacy, numeracy and problem solving. The 2023 cycle expands this scope by including measures of social and emotional skills: agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion and openness to new experiences. This broader approach enables policymakers, researchers and educators to understand how cognitive and social and emotional skills jointly shape life outcomes. A lifelong-learning, multi-channel approach that embeds social and emotional learning into formal education systems, non-formal learning and workplaces can help strengthen these skills in both youth and adulthood and support groups with lower skill levels.

Date: 2025-10-28
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