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Ben, thanks for sharing this research and reflections! There is already enough evidence on the positive impact of social and emotional competence on academic outcomes (https://casel.org/), especially in the US, to accept what you claim and also the EU with it's LifeComp (https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/lifecomp) recognizes the importance of those transversal competencies. The pandemic therefore not only accelerates the use of ICT in education, in my view, but also the integration of life skills - first, because their relevance is obvious now in the pandemic and in what is to come: (young) people will have to go through many transitions in their lives, from intial education and training to employment, ev. unemployment, re- and upskilling, back to education and employment... they will need to possess career adaptability based on strong social and emotional competence and career management skills next to solid technical or academic competence.
