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Direct linkLisa M. Goncalves – ProQuest LLC, 2024
School readiness includes a range of competencies and is influenced by both parental beliefs and teacher perceptions. Despite its significance, only a small number of states have an established definition of school readiness, which raises questions about how well stakeholder understandings align and the effectiveness of parental activities in…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Definitions, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Peer reviewedZhu, Gaoxia; Raman, Preeti; Xing, Wanli; Slotta, Jim – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2021
Knowledge Building has been advanced as a pedagogy of engaged learning where students identify as a community whose purpose is to advance their shared ideas. This approach, which has been studied for three decades (Scardamalia & Bereiter, in: K. Sawyer (ed) Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2014),…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Learner Engagement, Learning Activities, Social Development
Download full textJuanita Blackton; Alla McCaughey – English Teaching Forum, 2024
As the demand for opportunities to learn English grows throughout the world, parents and educators are looking for innovative ways to engage students in English-learning opportunities. Perhaps your school or municipality will seek to initiate an English Camp to be on trend with this growing need. Or perhaps, like many go-getter teachers, you wish…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Camps, Open Educational Resources
Gruno, Jennifer; Gibbons, Sandra L. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
An alternative way to approach outdoor education in PHE, while still reaping its numerous benefits, is nature-based physical activity (NBPA). NBPA refers to physical activities that are done in natural areas, require little specialized equipment, can be participated in by the majority of youth, are cost-efficient, and can be implemented by PHE…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Physical Education, Health Education, Physical Activities
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Based on recent research and in collaboration with expert panelists, the What Works Clearinghouse™ (WWC) has provided practical recommendations for preschool educators to use to help prepare young children benefit from learning opportunities they will encounter in school. The "Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide" details…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Evidence Based Practice
Burchinal, Margaret R.; Krowka, Sarah; Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Gersten, Russell; Wavell, Samantha; Lyskawa, Julia; Haymond, Kelly; Bierman, Karen; Gonzalez, Jorge E.; McClelland, Megan M.; Nelson, Kimberly; Pentimonti, Jill; Purpura, David J.; Sachs, Jason; Sarama, Julie; Schlesinger-Devlin, Elizabeth; Washington, Julie; Rosen, Emily – What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
By learning social-emotional, executive function, mathematics, and literacy skills in preschool, children are likely to be better prepared for the higher expectations and more formal curriculum in elementary school. Ensuring that all children are well prepared for elementary school is a priority for parents, caregivers, guardians, and policy…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Evidence Based Practice
Sibthorp, Jim; Wilson, Cait; Povilaitis, Victoria; Browne, Laurie – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2020
"Active ingredients" are one way to describe the elements of a program that are responsible for the targeted change in behavior, skill, attitude, or belief (Li & Julian "American Journal of Orthopsychiatry," 82(2), 157-166, 2012). This term assumes a connection between program elements (ingredients) and participant…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Youth, Program Effectiveness, Social Development
Varner, Edward – General Music Today, 2020
The purpose of this article is to highlight the relationship between general music and social and emotional learning. Social and emotional learning involves a set of social, emotional, behavioral, and character competencies that are essential to success in school, in the workplace, within relationships, in the community, and in life. Music…
Descriptors: Music Education, Social Development, Emotional Development, Student Behavior
Mulholland, Michaela; O'Toole, Catriona – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
This paper presents a unique school-based programme that harnesses the benefits of both trauma-informed practice (TIP) and outdoor environments to support children's social and emotional wellbeing throughout the pandemic and beyond. In the opening sections of the paper, we discuss the extant literature and conceptual underpinning of TIP and…
Descriptors: Trauma, Outdoor Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
Anderson, Alida; Valero, Liora – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
The reading and writing challenges that students with learning disabilities (LD) face in academic classroom settings, such as social studies classrooms, are ever present because students are expected to read, understand, and use text-based language that they cannot access due to text-reading difficulties. Visual, performing or drama, music, and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Social Development, Emotional Development, Students with Disabilities
Bergen, Doris; Lee, Lena; DiCarlo, Cynthia; Burnett, Gail – Teachers College Press, 2020
This practical resource explains brain development from prenatal to age 8 with suggestions for activities educators and caregivers can use to foster children's cognitive growth. The authors begin with the basics of brain development, and the issues that affect it, and then provide information specific to infant, toddler, preschool, and…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Infants, Toddlers
Haycock, David; Jones, Jon; Smith, Andy – European Physical Education Review, 2020
There is growing national and international concern about the mental health of children and young people, and in countries such as England there is now a political and policy commitment to developing whole-school approaches to mental health. This paper presents new evidence on how pupils' mental health is being addressed in schools using learning…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Physical Education, Athletics, Foreign Countries
Juan Camilo Cristancho; Carolina Maldonado-Carreño; Drew Bailey; Greg Duncan; Ervyn Norza – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background/context: Exposure to community-level violence in childhood is a strong predictor of developmental and cognitive outcomes. Several systematic reviews, as well as meta-analysis have documented how being exposed to violent crimes in developed and developing countries predicts externalizing and internalizing symptoms (Löfving-Gupta, et al.,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Victims of Crime, Environmental Influences
Hamilton, Laura S.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Steiner, Elizabeth D. – RAND Corporation, 2019
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which students develop such interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies as teamwork, social awareness, self-regulation, and emotional awareness. Although schools in the United States have always addressed these competencies, in recent years, the availability of resources to address SEL…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Emotional Development, Social Development, Teacher Attitudes
Hamilton, Laura S.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Steiner, Elizabeth D. – RAND Corporation, 2019
This document contains the appendixes to a report on social and emotional learning in U.S. schools, "Teacher and Principal Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning in America's Schools: Findings from the American Educator Panels." Three appendixes are included: (1) Technical Appendix and Supplemental Tables; (2) American Teacher…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Emotional Development, Social Development, Teacher Attitudes
