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Farhangpour, Parvaneh Nikkhesal. "Transformative learning through a youth enrichment programme in search of talisman /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2002. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08182003-094840/.
Full textGriffiths, Kerryn Eva. "Discovering, applying and integrating self-knowledge : a grounded theory study of learning in life coaching." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/37245/1/Kerryn_Griffiths_Thesis.pdf.
Full textMiao, Ching. "Transformative learning and social transformation, a cross-cultural perspective." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0025/MQ50488.pdf.
Full textHardy, Sarah J. "The Role of Leadership in Social-emotional Learning Implementation: Making Sense of Social-emotional Learning Initiatives." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107979.
Full textThe Role of Leadership in Social-Emotional Learning Implementation: Making Sense of Social-Emotional Learning Initiatives by Sarah J. Hardy Dr. Vincent Cho, Chair, Dr. Elida Laski, Reader, Dr. Ingrid Allardi, Reader Social-emotional learning (SEL) is an essential component of every student’s education. District leaders play an important role in the development and implementation of SEL programs in schools. This qualitative case study explored the strategies used by district leaders in supporting sensemaking of SEL initiatives as they were implemented. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with district and school leaders, focus group interviews with teachers, and a document review. Findings revealed district leaders employed strategies in the broad areas of setting direction, developing people, and redesigning the organization (Leithwood et al., 2004). However, there was no district-wide, unified vision for SEL programming, and the majority of SEL reform was advanced by principals. SEL interactions mostly occurred between principals and teachers, and between members of the teaching staff. SEL interactions were focused on essential principles of SEL initiatives, procedural information about SEL implementation, and crisis-driven support for individual students. Some interactions supported sensemaking. One recommendation of this study is to set a district-wide vision for SEL learning to align practices and provide a framework for principal autonomy. This study also recommends establishing structures that support collaboration in order to promote sensemaking through SEL interactions
Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2018
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education
McGarrigle, Donna M. "The Role of Leadership in Social-Emotional Learning Implementation: Principal and Counselor Practices to Support Social-Emotional Learning." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107977.
Full textThis case study of a public school district in the Northeast United States explores the leadership practices of elementary and middle school counseling staff and principals in supporting SEL, using a distributed leadership framework (Spillane, 2006). Data sources included 24 interviews with administrators, guidance counselors and social workers and document review. Findings indicate counseling staff support students and staff in a variety of ways through both formal and informal leadership practices. Principals support SEL by establishing SEL programs or strategies to match the needs of their student population. Two different models were found for how guidance counselor and social worker responsibilities are structured. The most common model, in six of the nine schools, is a tiered model where guidance counselors work with the majority of students on academic support/monitoring and delivering SEL lessons. Social workers focus on smaller numbers of students with more intensive needs. The second but less common model, in three of the nine schools, does not differentiate the roles of social workers and guidance counselors and instead assigns responsibilities by grade level. Concerns with this second model were raised by some administrators and several counselors. The quality of peer and administrator relationships was reported to be supportive and collaborative in the schools with differentiated roles. In the non-differentiated schools, it varied, and was related to shifting staff, a misunderstanding of the role differences, and challenges in developing collaborative relationships. Recommendations include assessing support structures to ensure the model adequately supports the SEL needs of the school
Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2018
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education
Price, Alan Charles. "Action research in outdoor learning : promoting social and emotional learning in young people with social emotional and behavioural difficulties." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7428/.
Full textRamlachan, Molly. "Social movement learning: collective, participatory learning within the Jyoti Jivanam Movement of South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4301.
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Bagelman, Caroline. "Picturing transformative texts : anti-colonial learning and the picturebook." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6134/.
Full textYoungblood, Sheila. "Teachers' Perspectives on Implementing Social-Emotional Learning Standards." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1527.
Full textPhelan, Derek Phelan Allen. "Social and Emotional Learning Needs of Gifted Students." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4813.
Full textBaron, Debra Mayconich. "Social and emotional learning| An argument for religious pluralism." Thesis, Loyola University Chicago, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3566515.
Full textThe purpose of this project is to argue that in order for social and emotional learning (SEL) goals to achieve their intended outcomes for students and society, religious pluralism must be reflected in student instruction. SEL involves the use of evidence-based practices to provide opportunities to develop competencies related to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making which are intended to enable students to demonstrate morally appropriate actions and ethical decisions, which I am calling "right behavior."
It is my argument that one's understanding of right behavior embodies both implicit and explicit moral beliefs based on one's worldview which reflects a certain conception of the good life and the good society. In many cultures this concept is shaped by the dominant, organized religion of the group. However, the religious diversity in the United States since its inception led to an American tendency to privatize religion and avoid meaningful public deliberation of competing views of the good life and the good society. However, I contend that this paradigm is no longer adequate for equipping twenty-first century students with the background knowledge, critical thinking, problem-solving, and ethical judgment skills required for full participation in the social, political, and economic spheres of society. Instead, I am proposing a SEL-religious studies model that values religious freedom, equality, and neighborly affection, and recognizes the presence of moral and religious pluralism in American society.
Hackney, Candace Dorothy. "Social Emotional Learning as a Charge for School Psychologists." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1566147862091835.
Full textVan, Schoiack Leihua. "Promoting social-emotional competence : effects of a social-emotional learning program and corresponding teaching practices in the schools /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7849.
Full textBaloi, Aristides. "Exploring transformative social learning and sustainability in community based irrigation scheme contexts in Mozambique." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/50154.
Full textCarruth, Mattie. "Social and Emotional Learning in North Carolina Public Middle Schools." Thesis, Prescott College, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10113338.
Full textThe inclusion of social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools is becoming a pertinent topic in the field of education. Teachers and administrators are recognizing a need to support students’ social and emotional growth alongside their academics. Young adolescents in grades 6 – 8 are in a developmental stage during which the acquisition of interpersonal and intrapersonal skills could be particularly beneficial and supportive to their ability to lead healthy lives. In this project-based thesis, the author based her research on the question; how are North Carolina (NC) public schools supporting the social and emotional development of their middle school students? This question was formulated in order to support the project of this thesis, the creation of a development plan for a public charter middle school in NC that focuses on social and emotional learning. The research method utilized in this study was grounded theory as developed by Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss (1967). Data was collected through a survey sent to public middle schools across NC and through interviews conducted with school administrators. Constant comparative analysis was the process through which all of the data was analyzed. Results of this research found that 80% of the surveyed schools implement SEL programming and the majority of those schools believe SEL to positively affect many facets of their school including academic success of the students, physical and emotional safety, and the relationship between the students and teachers. Strategies the participating schools used to implement SEL programming were also discovered in this study. These consist of having distinct lessons on SEL topics and skills, integrating parts of SEL throughout the entire school, use of mentoring, inclusion of aspects of SEL in student discipline, having programming meet the unique needs of the school, and evaluating the students’ progression in SEL. Results of this study also indicated several design elements of SEL programming, which include having SEL be a united effort of all faculty and administration, providing teachers with support, sharing responsibility for the programming with the students, and allocating sufficient time to SEL programming. The findings of this study have been used by the author to inform the creation of the school development plan included in this thesis. By adding to the discussion of how to provide SEL to middle school students in NC, this study can be a resource to any educator in the process of developing SEL programming for their students.
Saint-Louis, Nadia. "Teacher Perceptions of Social Emotional Learning Supports in Freshman Academy." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3819.
Full textFlynn, Lauren. "The Role of School Psychologists in Social-Emotional Learning Programs." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1406724833.
Full textRhamachan, Molly. "Social movement learning: Collective,participatory learning within the jyoti jivanam movement of south Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4401.
Full textThe purpose of this research paper is to explore and examine the nature of learning within the context of and situated within a social movement. Based on an exploratory qualitative study of learning within the Jyoti Jivanam Movement of South Africa, this research explores the nature and purpose/s of learning within a social movement. Accordingly, this study is guided by the research questions: How and why do adults learn as they collectively participate in social movements; and what factors facilitate, contribute, hinder and influence learning within social movement? This study confirms that social movements are important sites for. Collective learning and knowledge construction. For this reason, social movements need to be acknowledged as pedagogical sites that afford adults worthwhile learning opportunities. Furthermore, social movements, as pedagogical sites, not only contribute to conceptions of what constitute legitimate knowledge(s), social movements also contribute to the creation of transformative knowledge(s).
Jaster, Mary Frances. "Storytelling in the transformative process of cultural self-awareness." Scholarly Commons, 2010. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/749.
Full textPugh, Jesse Carson. "Transformative learning : an examination of the impact of short-term study abroad." Scholarly Commons, 2009. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/717.
Full textPert, Kirsty. "Enhancing resilience among disadvantaged children through universal social and emotional learning." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/enhancing-resilience-among-disadvantaged-children-through-universal-social-and-emotional-learning(b7ea3220-61e4-4b37-8df9-54cfc4f707a8).html.
Full textTurner, Betty S. "Transformative learning applied to the development of community capacity in a local grassroots organization." Thesis, Mississippi State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3700045.
Full textThis dissertation assesses the impact of structural constraints to participation on residents of a rural non-core county and members of a local grassroots organization in conjunction with the measurement of grassroots members for the presence of transformative leaning. This study is motivated by three research questions: (1) To what extent may the presence of structural constraints to participation in community action activities be found in adult residents of a rural non-core county? (2) To ;what extent may the presence of structural constraints to participation in community action activities be found in members of a local grassroots organization? (3) How many members of a local grassroots show evidence of the 10 phases found in transformative learning? Theoretical foundations for this work are based upon the following research; Theodori's (2008) analysis of structural constraints to participation in community action activities , Mezirow's (2009) development of transformative learning theory in adult populations, and King's (2009) Learning Activities Survey as a measurement of transformative learning. Purposefully obtained data were collected from the general population to establish a measurement of structural constraints to participation.
Within the grassroots organization survey data were used to determine the presence of structural constraints to participation and transformative learning. The findings utilizing regression analysis suggest significance for structural constraints to participation in the general population is minimal, and not significant at all in member of the grassroots organization. Transformative learning in members of the grassroots organization was confirmed by significance for 5 of the 15 variables analyzed. The results were contrary to expectation; yet, these conclusions do contain important implications for those involved in community development.
Waechtler, Vanessa Emily. "Evaluating emotional intelligence and resiliency outcomes of school-aged children in a social and emotional learning program." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43003.
Full textMacKay, Leslie. "Preliminary examination of the effects of the Strong Kids social emotional learning curriculum on grade 4 students' social emotional resiliency, social standing and likeability." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31988.
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Wigelsworth, Michael Robert. "A multi-level approach to assessing the impact of Social and Emotional Learning : Secondary SEAL." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2010. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-multilevel-approach-to-assessing-the-impact-of-social-and-emotional-learning-secondary-seal(5810bffa-e877-4903-9cc0-0da55a31942a).html.
Full textWilson, Rebecca A. "Social Emotional Learning Guarantee? How Ohio Can Move Beyond Adopting Sel Standards." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1615911161780767.
Full textCastro, Olivo Sara Maria. "The effects of a culturally-adapted social-emotional learning curriculum on social-emotional and academic outcomes of Latino immigrant high school students /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1404349111&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Harlacher, Jason E. 1977. "Social and emotional learning as a universal level of support: Evaluating the follow-up effect of Strong Kids on social and emotional outcomes." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10225.
Full textThe present study examined the initial and follow-up effect of Strong Kids , a social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, among a sample of 106 third and fourth graders. Students were assigned by classroom to either the treatment or wait-list condition, and completed questionnaires on SEL knowledge ( Strong Kids Knowledge test) and perceived use of SEL skills (the Coping Scale, Social and Emotional Assets and Resiliency Scale) across 3 assessment periods (pre-testing, post-testing, and follow-up). The classroom teachers also completed a social functioning questionnaire (the School Social Behavior Scales-2nd edition) on each student at each assessment period. The classroom teachers implemented 12 weekly lessons across a 3-month time period and 1 booster session approximately 1 month after the last lesson. They also promoted generalization of SEL skills by providing praise and pre-correction to students on the SEL skills they were learning. Analyses revealed that the treatment group had greater positive gains across all of the dependent measures from pre-test to post-test. These gains maintained at the 2-month follow-up period, providing preliminary evidence of the preventative quality of SK . The results are discussed within the broader framework of a three-tiered model of support for SEL, and the possibility of using SK as a universal level of support within school.
Committee in charge: Kenneth Merrell, Chairperson, Special Education and Clinical Sciences; Robert Horner, Member, Special Education and Clinical Sciences; Tary Tobin, Member, Special Education and Clinical Sciences; Lynn Kahle, Outside Member, Marketing
Boute, Bradley J. "Emotional-Social Intelligence| Development During Online and On-Campus Holistic Healthcare Programs." Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10256567.
Full textAs with traditional healthcare providers, emotional-social intelligence (ESI) plays a role in the holistic practitioner-client relationship. It is important to determine if students in holistic healthcare programs increase their ESI, and subsequently better serve their clients. The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to determine if online education can develop students’ ESI at levels similar to that of traditional programs. This study is based on the theory of ESI and transformative learning theory. The sample consisted of 95 students in an online program and 61 in a traditional program. Multiple linear regression, ANCOVA, and Pearson Correlation’s were used to explore the relationships between the independent variables professional standing, program delivery method, program progress, and number of classes with elements consistent with transformative learning theory, and the dependent variable emotional-social intelligence, as measured by the EQ-i 2.0 survey. The results of the study revealed no significant differences in the development of ESI between online and traditional methodologies, except within the self-expression category, for which online was higher. The number of transformative classes taken had no effect on the dependent variable. The positive social change implications of this study include a better understanding of the development of ESI for holistic healthcare, which could lead to a greater potential for success, as well as being better able to contribute to the stability of their communities through meeting the needs of those seeking their services. In addition, determining the relationship between transformative theories of learning and ESI development may assist in creating courses better suited to increasing students’ ESI.
Heaton, Michelle G. "A Pedagogy of Hope: Levers of Change in Transformative Place-based Learning Systems." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588265231971143.
Full textDwinnell, Anna. "Teaching with Intention| Implementation and Assessment of a Social-Emotional Learning Program." Thesis, Prescott College, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10246934.
Full textSocial-emotional learning has gained much leverage in education reform discussions, but little research has been done on the effectiveness of SEL programs in rural classroom settings. This thesis studies the outcomes of one SEL curriculum, Project Happiness, in a rural project-based learning school, Teton Valley Community School. Additionally, this thesis aims to identify teaching practices that promote students’ SEL competencies. The data was collected in a split third and fourth grade classroom over a nine-week period from April 2015 to June 2015. The program led to student growth in social and emotional competencies, specifically self-awareness and self-management. Limitations of the study and implications for further research are discussed.
Fetty, Kristie M. "A CIPP Evaluation of a Middle School's Social and Emotional Learning Program." University of Findlay / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1626697734951338.
Full textErvin, Brad Robert. "Social-Emotional Learning Interventions| Familiarity and Use among NYS Elementary School Principals." Thesis, Alfred University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13422180.
Full textAs defined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL, 2012), social-emotional learning (SEL) involves the acquisition of skills necessary to: identify and manage one’s emotions, relate to and establish relationships with others, and make positive and healthy decisions. With only 40% of kindergarten students demonstrating the social-emotional skills needed to be both academically and socially successful upon school entrance (Yates et al., 2008), explicit instruction targeting SEL is needed. As this instruction requires systems-level implementation and decision-making practices, members of these decision-making bodies can include several different school personnel, who may have varying levels of familiarity and previous use of SEL programs. Because the school principal is responsible for overseeing the implementation of school-wide programs (NYS Education Department, 2014), obtaining information regarding their familiarity and use of SEL programs, as well as their decision-making practices is needed. Consequently, the present study examined the extent to which principals participate in SEL decision-making practices; the selection procedures and decision making methods they use to select SEL programs; and their levels of familiarity, past use, and current use of CASEL approved SEL programs. The relationship between principal demographic characteristics and familiarity and use of SEL programs was also evaluated using survey methods. Analysis of descriptive statistics, frequency data, and three multiple regression analyses indicated that most NYS elementary school principals participate in SEL program decision-making. Additionally, they use a variety of methods for learning about programs and deciding upon programs. Overall, however, NYS elementary school principals have little familiarity, past use, or current use with CASEL-approved programs, suggesting a need for increased dissemination and professional development regarding these programs and resources.
Kramer, Thomas Jonathan. "Evaluating a Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum, Strong Kids, Implemented School-Wide." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4054.
Full textPritchard, Odalys G. "Social and Emotional Learning and Student Achievement in a Culture of Care." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7561.
Full textMartin, Tania Josephine. "Protest music, society and social change." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/98012.
Full textHarlacher, Jason E. "Social and emotional learning as a universal level of support : evaluating the follow-up effect of Strong Kids on social and emotional outcomes /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10225.
Full textMerry, Emma. "Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Competency and Time Spent Outside of School." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1423310200.
Full textKhan, Sehra Y. "Can young people's emotional intelligence be promoted through the secondary school's Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) Programme?" Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.533243.
Full textLyons, Alina Frances. "The effects of a play-based social emotional learning program on problem behaviour and social responsibility." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50819.
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Passarelli, Rebecca E. "The Measure of Social and Emotional Competence in Children (MSECC): An open-source, stakeholder-informed, and strength-based assessment tool for social and emotional competence in children." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1594293390441975.
Full textHirschberg, Randi. "PassageWorks: The Impact of a Social-Emotional and Spiritual Learning Program among Adolescents." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1393939511.
Full textPurse, Edward. "Team Learning, Emergence and Transformation: An Instrumental Case Study." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35941.
Full textBomentre, Rose Ann. "Leadership Effectiveness and Social Emotional Learning Competency Skills in an Urban School Setting." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13858892.
Full textThis quantitative research study was developed to support school principals leading in urban school settings with high rates of poverty, crime, and violence with a need for a set of skills to create a positive school culture with kindness, empathy, and compassion. To prepare administrators for the stressors of working in an urban school setting, a school leader must be able to maintain effectiveness under stressful, or even hostile, conditions. Thus, school principals must improve their Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) competency skills to be effective in creating a positive school culture with kindness, empathy, and compassion.
This research study utilized a quantitative, correlational-design approach to examine the positive correlation between staff perceptions of a secondary school principal’s leadership effectiveness with customer service and interpersonal skills with students’ sense of belonging in the same urban school. To answer the research question based on dichotomous student data (agree versus not agree), chi-square tests were performed. To measure the level of positive correlation between the staff perceptions of leadership and student, Cramer’s V tests were used.
Results from this study indicated that students reported higher overall sense of belonging for schools having principals with high scores for communicating effectively (64.4%), having principals with high scores (62.6%) for treating people with respect, and having principals with high scores (62.6%) for working collaboratively with others. For all 18 chi-square tests, a positive relationship was found between the student’s sense of belonging and ratings of the principal’s leadership abilities based on staff perceptions. Findings from this quantitative research can be used to enhance educator preparation programs in universities and be a beginning for more future research for school districts to improve key performance indicators such as chronic absenteeism, suspension rates, test scores, and graduation rates.
Langlois, Deborah. "The Role of Leadership in Social-emotional Learning Implementation: Leadership and Classroom Environment." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107974.
Full textThe purpose of this study was to understand the role of school leaders in supporting teachers as they build relationships with and between students in the classroom. These two important aspects of creating a positive classroom learning environment are necessary for Social Emotional Learning to be successful. This qualitative case study drew upon data from interviews with school leaders, teacher focus group interviews, and redacted teacher evaluations in one school district in Massachusetts. While the role of school leaders in the academic success of students has been explored in the literature, there is less research on the specific actions school leaders take to support teachers struggling with classroom environment issues. This study will explore the actions of school leaders through the lens of three leadership practices: setting direction, developing people, and redesigning the organization (Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004). The findings highlighted the difference in school leaders’ perception of the capacity of adults versus students to learn relationship building skills. In some cases school leaders were not confident that building these skills was possible and consequently they struggled to provide clear and specific strategies to teachers. The findings also reflect the reactive versus proactive nature of the support teachers received for building relationships with and between students. Recommendations include re-organizing resources to allow for more teacher collaboration, targeted professional development in relationship building and exploration regarding the difference in how student peer relationships were viewed compared to teacher student relationships
Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2018
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education
Bawahab, Afifa. "Supplementing a GED Preparation Program With Social and Emotional Learning: A Delphi Study." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/48187.
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Wohlgamuth, Taylor Lynn. "The Social Emotional Learning Language Arts (SELLA) Curriculum: a Qualitative Evaluation of Implementation." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1596533920489084.
Full textKimpton, Heald Carrie Ann. "Social emotional differences of students who have a nonverbal learning disability or Dysphasia." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1238.
Full textCoates, Kendra. "An Evaluation of Growing Early Mindsets (GEM™)." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20439.
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Ferdinand, Victoria Ugulumu. "The influence of introduced forest management practices on transformative social learning in a selected social-ecological forest community : a case of PFM and REDD projects at Pugu and Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserves in Tanzania." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020333.
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