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Fei Tan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Significant socioeconomic disparities exist across the neighborhoods where children grow up today, which may exacerbate inequities in children's educational opportunities (Leventhal et al., 2015; Leventhal & Dupere, 2019; Mijs & Roe, 2021; Reardon et al., 2018). Prior research documents associations between neighborhood socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Quality, Kindergarten
Taylor, Sarah J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the relationship between elementary school teachers' perception of emotional intelligence and their beliefs towards Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Teacher participants completed two self-report surveys: the Assessing Emotion Scale to measure perceived emotional intelligence and the Social…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Development, Social Development, Correlation
Jessica J. Williams; B. Wesley Styles – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Teachers are responsible for delivering instruction; however, they may also serve as therapists, caregivers, stand-in parents, or even confidants to their students. Given the unique stressors and growing teacher turnover rates, there is a need to promote teachers' resilience and overall well-being. There are many social-emotional learning (SEL)…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Competencies, Social Development, Interpersonal Competence
B. Wesley Styles; Jessica J. Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Teachers are responsible for delivering instruction; however, they may also serve as therapists, caregivers, stand-in parents, or even confidants to their students. Given the unique stressors and growing teacher turnover rates, there is a need to promote teachers' resilience and overall wellbeing. There are many social-emotional learning (SEL)…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Competencies, Social Development, Interpersonal Competence
Knipp, Stephanie – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This research is an examination of a community of practice, how it generates teacher social capital, and the implications for school leadership. Grounded in situated learning theory and social capital theory, this case study of teachers in a small school analyzes how communities of practice can generate teacher social capital, and how school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communities of Practice, Social Capital, Instructional Leadership
Topper, Christin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Parents in the 21st century are concerned with the ubiquity of mobile devices and their effects on the progression of social development. A review of the literature indicated that although digital interaction has become more prominent, limited empirical data existed on whether children who spend more time interacting in the digital realm would…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Attitudes, Handheld Devices, Children
Karahalios, Vicky S. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Middle school is a critical transition for all school-aged youth. On a personal level they experience rapid changes across several areas of development. Their environment simultaneously adapts as schools' expectations seem greater and social pressures arise. During this juncture, they are more vulnerable to academic and psychological difficulties.…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Middle School Students, Emotional Development, Social Development
Samocki, Matthew J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine if an experimental Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) based alternative discipline policy paired with a community-school partnership, effects suspended students' subsequent suspension incidents. Data were collected from four Midwestern school districts participating in an experimental Alternative to Out…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Program Effectiveness, Discipline Policy
White, Biniki Counslor – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Existing literature confirms that social-emotional development and school climate both impact elementary school student achievement. Yet no study has examined the joint impact of social-emotional development and school climate on achievement. Accordingly, the present study examined the association between school climate, social-emotional…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Development, Emotional Development, Reading Achievement
Biales, Carrie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study used latent class analysis to examine profiles of Head Start classroom quality as measured by the Arnett Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS) and the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) with a large sample of classrooms (n=379). Data used in the study were taken from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education
Machado, Andrea Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Many students lack social skills that hinder their success in school; students in special education are even more at risk. Social-emotional curricula have been developed to help build these social skills school-wide. Most research on the effects of social-emotional curricula has been conducted on general education students. The first purpose of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Interpersonal Competence, Inclusion
Finch, Shawntye N. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Teachers are the primary implementers of social emotional learning (SEL) programs, their social emotional competence (SEC) and beliefs about how the school culture supports SEL likely influences program delivery, evaluation, and outcomes. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the extent to which teacher SEC can…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods
Williams, Angelina M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Emotional and Social Competencies (ESCs) are considered important to school leadership because it is believed that they can help to build trusting relationships with staff and improve organizational capacity within the school. Limited case study research has been conducted on how ESCs are manifested in principal practice. This case study is…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Qualities, Emotional Development, Social Development
Burriss, Jamie Burns – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Short-term service-learning experiences such as alternative breaks are increasing in popularity due to the focus on service in higher education and the institution's responsibility to ensure students are graduating with the skills needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive, global economy and contribute to a democratic society as citizens…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Moral Development, Higher Education, Democracy
Kynaston, Kristina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The problem addressed in this study was that few special educators have strategies to cope with the stressors of teaching, building self-efficacy, and managing classroom behavior. Special educators who work with students who have disabilities have unique needs when it comes to behavior management, building classroom community, and increasing…
Descriptors: Special Education, Metacognition, Student Behavior, Stress Variables
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