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The study examines the impacts of a project-based learning (PBL) methodology on the development of emotional skills involved in the learner’s individual and social well-being. This paper summarises the preliminary results of the case study in which the project ‘Opera as a Vehicle for Learning’ (LOVA) was implemented with a key stage 2 group in Mexico City. This project fostered the development of the students’ intra- and interpersonal skills, group decision-making, critical reasoning, active listening, oral and written expression and emotion sharing. Findings suggest that LOVA has proved to be a powerful methodological resource for the development of collaborative learning, emotional education and social interaction in groups. Findings also suggest that music learning can be used as a highly effective device for the development of social skills.

El artículo presenta los resultados preliminares de la investigación llevada a cabo a través del proyecto La Ópera un Vehículo de Aprendizaje (LÓVA) en un grupo de cuarto de Primaria en la Ciudad de México durante el ciclo escolar 2017-2018. El trabajo se encuadra epistemológicamente dentro del paradigma interpretativo y a nivel metodológico en el estudio de caso. El objetivo fue analizar y comprender los procesos de conformación de la ciudadanía con la mediación de la educación musical; en este sentido, el proceso de creación, desarrollo y estreno de una ópera original por parte del alumnado contribuyó al conocimiento de sus derechos y responsabilidades, compromiso y participación social, y reconocimiento de la diversidad.

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As the British Psychological Society establishes a new Division of Coaching Psychology and routes to chartered membership for coaching psychologists, we revisit the ongoing dialogue into the professionalisation of coaching psychology, with a specific focus on practice in the United Kingdom (UK). We attempt to make distinctions between the practice of a coaching psychologist and a professionally qualified coach. First, we offer an overview of the development of coaching psychology over recent years, contemplating the need to regulate it as a profession. Following that, we consider some of the main coaching and coaching psychology definitions in an attempt to delineate the practice of coaching psychologists from that of non-psychologist coaches. Next, we compare approaches to training and some of the differences between coaching and coaching psychology, as well as the need for an ethical framework and supervision for coaching psychologists. Finally, we conclude by offering a final thought about who is a coaching psychologist.