Socioemotional Learning in a Military School Environment

Abstract

Military boarding schools are in a unique position in the academic field because they create their own ecosystem in which cadets will learn and live. By integrating concepts of Maslow's hierarchy of needs into their practices, military boarding schools are creating educational learning spaces where cadets' needs are being met. Additionally, military boarding schools incorporate character traits such as the Army's seven core values. These values are taught in and out of the classroom and are essential to military boarding school life. Because military schools adopt these values, they also inadvertently adopt the values of social and emotional learning. Because these sets of values are used in tandem with Maslow's hierarchy of needs, students within the military boarding school environment have a higher probability of becoming both academically socially successful.