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Youth Well-Being Contextualized: Perceptions of Swedish Fathers
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Mansoory, Shahram; Ferrer-Wreder, Laura; Trost, Kari – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2019
Background: Fathers can have a critical role to play in supporting the well-being of youth. However, little is known about how fathers perceive youth well-being. The Five Cs model of positive youth development was the theoretical starting point of this study, in part due to this framework's focus on the importance of bi-directional, person-context…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Well Being
A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Long-Term Intervention on Social and Emotional Learning in Compulsory School
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Klapp, Alli; Belfield, Clive; Bowden, Brooks; Levin, Henry; Shand, Robert; Zander, Sabine – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2017
There is growing evidence that social and emotional skills can be taught to students in school and teaching these skills can have a positive effect on later outcomes, such as better mental health and less drug use. This paper presents a benefit-cost analysis of a longitudinal social and emotional learning intervention in Sweden, using data for 663…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Intervention, Social Development, Emotional Development
Music Education--A Personal Matter? Examining the Current Discourses of Music Education in Sweden
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Georgii-Hemming, Eva; Westvall, Maria – British Journal of Music Education, 2010
The embedding of informal practices in music education in school relates to significant issues concerning students' engagement, participation, inclusion and the role of the teacher. This article addresses these issues by presenting and discussing current music education in compulsory comprehensive schooling in Sweden. It does so by drawing upon…
Descriptors: Music Education, Informal Education, Music, Foreign Countries
Student Participation and School Success--The Relationship between Participation, Grades and Bullying among 9th Grade Students in Sweden
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Ahlström, Björn – Education Inquiry, 2010
The Swedish school law and curriculum states that students shall be participative in their work. They should work in a participative manner and the pedagogical idea is that influence and participation has multiple benefits for students' development. In this article the relationship between student participation and school success is examined. By…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Bullying, Success
Prevention of Substance Use among Adolescents through Social and Emotional Training in School: A Latent-Class Analysis of a Five-Year Intervention in Sweden
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Kimber, Birgitta; Sandell, Rolf – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
The study considers the impact of a program for social and emotional learning in Swedish schools on use of drugs, volatile substances, alcohol and tobacco. The program was evaluated in an effectiveness study. Intervention students were compared longitudinally with non-intervention students using nonparametric latent class analysis to identify…
Descriptors: Intervention, Smoking, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size
Focus Group Dialogues as a Method for Identifying a School's Developmental Needs
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Kjellin, Margareta Sandstrom – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
In this article a study is presented in which teachers describe the working situation at their school. The aim of the study was to find out in what respects the school needed to be developed. The study was a case study and the method for collecting data was focus group dialogues. All teacher teams at a Swedish secondary school participated. The…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Environment, Emotional Development