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Kimberly Maich; Tricia van Rhijn; Carmen Hall; Sheri Mallabar; Tricia Vause; Kimberly Squires; Aislynn Hatt; Mina Ahi – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
This research examines the use of teaching triads to the classroom-wide implementation of "Stay, Play & Talk" a peer-mediated social skills program for children in an inclusive Kindergarten classroom in Ontario, Canada. This research used prompting through peers to increase initiations and responses between children identified as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Interpersonal Competence
Natalie Libster; Robin Harwood; Karen Meacham; Connie Kasari – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Little is known about the parenting experiences of autistic mothers, yet there is reason to believe that autistic mothers of non-autistic daughters have a unique set of experiences, especially during their daughters' adolescence. Seven autistic mothers of adolescent (n = 5) and adult (n = 2) non-autistic daughters were interviewed about their…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Child Rearing, Mothers, Adolescents
Helene Jørgensen; Colin J. Deal; Nicholas L. Holt – Journal of Character Education, 2023
The overall purpose of this study was to examine parents' role in the development of character among young athletes, with a particular focus on life skills development across learning contexts (i.e., sport, family, school). Participants were 20 parents (13 mothers, 7 fathers, M[subscript age] = 46.8 years, SD = 4.6) and 24 children (14 girls, 10…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Child Development, Values Education, Athletes
Caron, Valérie; Barras, Alessio; van Nispen, Ruth M. A.; Ruffieux, Nicolas – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2023
Introduction: Social skills are acquired primarily through imitation using the visual system. As a result, people with visual impairments may experience difficulties in this area at any age, which can have a major effect on their social participation and on their quality of life. The objective of this study was to systematically review the effects…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Visual Impairments, Blindness
Gemma Coleman; Catharina Gress-Wright; Noémie Le Donné; Hannah Ulferts – OECD Publishing, 2024
The OECD's Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES) 2023 represents the largest global initiative to gather comparable data on the development of social and emotional skills -- including creativity, empathy, achievement motivation, responsibility and collaboration skills -- among 10- and 15-year-old students. The report -- Nurturing Social and…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education
Sakarski, Gergana – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
Soft skills are key for the successful realisation of individuals in their personal, professional and social life, but scientific research conducted on the soft skills of homeschoolers is still scarce so far. One of the most frequent questions, when homeschooling is discussed concerns the presumed lack of social skills of homeschoolers. A common…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Soft Skills, Skill Development, Well Being
Freeborn, Chelsea; Mardhani-Bayne, Alvina; Soetaert, Cheyanne – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2023
This scoping review focused on the experiences of Indigenous families and their children in accessing quality early learning and child care in a Canadian urban context. This scoping review was conducted to contribute to the field and frame a more extensive study involving focus groups and case studies. The analysis revealed a range of quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Urban Areas, Early Childhood Education
Ianni, Lina; Mazer, Barbara; Thomas, Aliki; Snider, Laurie – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2021
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a neurobehavioral disorder prevalent in childhood, demonstrate a persistent pattern of inattention and hyperactive and/or impulsive behavior that is more severe than their typically developing peers. Much of this challenging behavior is observed in the classroom. However, current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Occupational Therapy, Children, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Wigglesworth, Jennifer; Heintzman, Paul – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2021
In the current study, the researchers qualitatively explored the life significance of a university summer outdoor education (OE) course. The data included 15 in-depth interviews with alumni who had participated in one of the university's summer OE courses over 20 years ago. The researchers interpretively analyzed the interview transcripts and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Outdoor Education, College Students, Alumni
Ruitenberg, Claudia – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2019
Robin Barrow has critiqued the use of the concept of "skill" for a wide range of human attributes that are not skills in the precise sense he articulated, namely: "a capacity that is discrete and can be perfected through practice and exercise." Skill talk has persisted, though today commonly under the guise of "competency…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Moral Values
Bánhegyi, Mátyás; Nagy, Judit – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2019
Introduction: Students of English as a foreign language must possess intercultural communicative skills in order to be able to interpret and discuss the cultural diversity that surrounds them when they use English for communicational purposes. This paper claims, and is based on the conviction, that the development of these skills takes place…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Asians, Korean Culture
Taylor, Maurice; Trumpower, David – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
In Canada, various studies investigating literacy learning have contributed to our understanding of the lives of the adult student. Through a consolidation of empirical evidence, a portrait of the adult learner is sketched, drawing upon pluralistic interpretations of the important life changes that have resulted from their participation in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
BC Student Outcomes, 2018
The Student Outcomes surveys include a series of questions that focus on the specific skills acquired by former students. Many of the skills are employability skills. The former students who responded to the Student Outcomes surveys were very likely to say their institutions helped them develop skills and that those skills were useful for…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Potential, Skill Development, College Graduates
OECD Publishing, 2020
The transition from tertiary education to work involves substantial uncertainty and changes between education programmes, jobs and industries. The current major disruption in the labour market is only going to increase this uncertainty, making it essential for graduates to be prepared for it. Graduates with more dynamic career trajectories are…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Role, Bachelors Degrees, Masters Degrees
Vallis, Raisa – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2015
Estimates suggest that nearly 475,000 children and youth attending schools in the US are diagnosed with emotional and behaviour disorders (EBDs) such as childhood depression, dysthymia, conduct disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, selective mutism, and autism. Estimates of prevalence in Canada are…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Emotional Development, Behavior Development