Skills for Life Series: Self-awareness
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
December 2024
Subject
Skills;
Lifelong Learning;
Conflicts Resolution;
Socio-Emotional Skill;
Teacher;
Creativity;
Education;
Metacognition;
Learning;
Learning Strategy;
International Trade;
21st-Century Skill
JEL code
J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity;
I20 - Education and Research Institutions: General;
I25 - Education and Economic Development;
N36 - Latin America • Caribbean;
P36 - Consumer Economics • Health • Education and Training • Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
IDB series
Skills for Life
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
Self-awareness, the ability to monitor internal states and understand interactions with others, is a key socioemotional skill. It encompasses internal clarity and external understanding of how others perceive us. Linked to well-being, empathy, and self-regulation, self-awareness can be developed through reflective practices, feedback, and personalized learning. In this brief, we explore its significance, successful initiatives to cultivate self-awareness, and tools available to measure it.
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