I denna studie har vi undersökt tre förskollärares uppfattning av förändringar i detsocioemotionella samspelet efter ett målinriktat arbete med EQ-aktiviteter på förskolan.Vi har i studien särskilt inriktat oss på följande aspekter av barnens socioemotionellaintelligens och kompetens; empati, prosociala färdigheter, relationsfärdigheter,kommunikationsfärdigheter, samarbetsfärdigheter, problemlösningsfärdigheter, självhävdelseoch självkontroll. De teoretiska begrepp som analyseras i studien är sociokulturellteori, Honneths erkännandeteori, socioemotionell intelligens och kompetens,prosocialt beteende, och socialt samspel. Datainsamlingsmetoden är kvalitativ ochbestår av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultatet visar att de intervjuade förskollärarnaanser att arbetet med EQ-aktiviteter på förskolan har förändrat det sociala klimatet ibarngruppen i en positiv riktning samt att barnens socioemotionella intelligens ochförmåga har utvecklats. Denna utveckling visar sig främst genom att barnen i högreutsträckning än tidigare visar benägenhet att agera på ett mer genomtänkt ochprosocialt sätt gentemot varandra i olika sociala sammanhang. I diskussionen behandlarvi kritisk reflektion, den verbala förmågans betydelse för den socioemotionellautvecklingen, samt förutsättningar för, och aspekter av ett målinriktat arbete med EQ–verksamhet på förskolan.

<p>I denna studie har vi undersökt tre förskollärares uppfattning av förändringar i detsocioemotionella samspelet efter ett målinriktat arbete med EQ-aktiviteter på förskolan.Vi har i studien särskilt inriktat oss på följande aspekter av barnens socioemotionellaintelligens och kompetens; empati, prosociala färdigheter, relationsfärdigheter,kommunikationsfärdigheter, samarbetsfärdigheter, problemlösningsfärdigheter, självhävdelseoch självkontroll. De teoretiska begrepp som analyseras i studien är sociokulturellteori, Honneths erkännandeteori, socioemotionell intelligens och kompetens,prosocialt beteende, och socialt samspel. Datainsamlingsmetoden är kvalitativ ochbestår av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultatet visar att de intervjuade förskollärarnaanser att arbetet med EQ-aktiviteter på förskolan har förändrat det sociala klimatet ibarngruppen i en positiv riktning samt att barnens socioemotionella intelligens ochförmåga har utvecklats. Denna utveckling visar sig främst genom att barnen i högreutsträckning än tidigare visar benägenhet att agera på ett mer genomtänkt ochprosocialt sätt gentemot varandra i olika sociala sammanhang. I diskussionen behandlarvi kritisk reflektion, den verbala förmågans betydelse för den socioemotionellautvecklingen, samt förutsättningar för, och aspekter av ett målinriktat arbete med EQ–verksamhet på förskolan.</p>

One hundred and fifty senior students (comprising of second and third year undergraduate students) completed a biographical questionnaire and the BarOn Emotional Quotient-Inventory questionnaire. The results indicate that there are statistically significant differences in total EQ based on gender and age, although there were no statistically significant differences based on race. Conclusions are drawn about the importance of emotional intelligence in students and recommendations for future research are provided.

The upward trend in the prevalence of childhood mental disorders observed in the UK over the previous two decades, together with UK’s poor performance in recent international comparisons of child well-being, has brought childhood social and emotional well-being (SEW) to the forefront of policy. Key to tackling this issue is to understand what causes SEW in childhood, what interventions are successful in improving it, and what are its late-life consequences. This thesis furthers the literature in each of these areas. Firstly, we examine whether foetal (or in-utero) exposure to influenza hampers the development of childhood SEW. To do so, we examine the use of an instrumental variables approach, whereby the severity of the 1957 Asian Flu epidemic in the local authority of birth is used as an instrument for whether mothers self-report contracting influenza during pregnancy. We establish that exposure has little effect on childhood SEW, but that it results in a 60% increase in the risk of being stillborn, suggesting an increasing focus on influenza vaccination during pregnancy is needed. Secondly, we investigate the long-term effectiveness of school-based interventions to improve SEW. In order to overcome the absence of long follow-up in trial datasets, we develop a new modelling approach which involves the matching of trial participants to individuals in birth cohort datasets. An application of this method found that a Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) intervention implemented in Greater Manchester schools led to a statistically significant improvement in childhood SEW, and had a positive, although statistically insignificant, effect on health across the life-course. Finally, we address the paucity of studies examining the effects of childhood SEW on late-life health and labour market outcomes. To do so, we develop a method for generating predictions of the effects of childhood characteristics beyond the currently available follow-up periods in birth cohort datasets, adapting an existing mediation analysis framework. Applying this method, we establish that a one-standard deviation improvement in childhood SEW leads to an increase of up to 0.18 accumulated quality-adjusted-life-years in late-life, and an increase in pre-tax labour income in late-life of up to £23,850. Both of these effects are primarily driven by large positive effects of childhood SEW on educational attainment, employment, income and health in mid-life. Childhood SEW is a predictor of important outcomes throughout the lifecourse. More research is needed to identify its causes and interventions to successfully improve it.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-07-10T14:20:55Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Tese_versão_depósito_definitivo_BDTD_AnaPaulaMota.pdf: 2871612 bytes, checksum: a85a607370e6fb57a8988d25d6e3e909 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T14:20:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Tese_versão_depósito_definitivo_BDTD_AnaPaulaMota.pdf: 2871612 bytes, checksum: a85a607370e6fb57a8988d25d6e3e909 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-10 / FACEPE / O desenvolvimento integral do ser humano em suas múltiplas dimensões é fundamental para a consolidação de uma formação humana. Como parte dos vários aspectos que integram a formação do homem, evidenciamos as diversas relações entremeadas à dinâmica das emoções. Para vivenciar as emoções de forma construtiva, é necessário um percurso que propicie uma intimidade do ser humano sobre o próprio significado do que são as emoções em si, qual o sentido do surgimento das emoções na própria constituição humana, o que provoca determinadas reações, comportamentos e padrões emocionais, e, como estes refletem em seu agir no mundo. Diante de tal perspectiva, configura-se um verdadeiro exercício e autoconhecimento que deve levar o ser humano a conhecer o que são as emoções, suas várias formas e, sobretudo, entender como elas funcionam, movimento este constituinte do processo de formação humana. Acreditamos que o papel das emoções e das relações são basilares no aspecto formativo-educativo, posto que estar atento ao que fazer quando as emoções surgem é um cuidado essencial ao desenvolvimento humano. Uma vez que a prática pedagógica é um meio para ajudar o educando a aprender a entrar em contato consigo mesmo, as instituições educacionais podem ser passíveis de oportunizar contribuições para a formação humana. Como possibilidade prática, a aprendizagem emocional e relacional em escolas é um tipo de caminho que conduz à formação humana, como propõe o currículo Pensamento, Afetividade e Trabalho com Habilidades Sociais (PATHS). Desenvolvido por Kusché e Greenberg (1994), o PATHS é cientificamente corroborado em diversos países e foi publicado no Brasil em 2012. Tendo tal material de educação emocional disponível em língua portuguesa, nos foi incitado o desejo de pesquisar sua implementação no contexto brasileiro, e, desse modo, realizamos uma investigação na Associação Beneficente dos funcionários do grupo Allianz, localizada na região leste de São Paulo capital. Na ocasião, acompanhamos e analisamos o processo de introdução da implementação baseada no currículo PATHS, bem como o desenvolvimento da aprendizagem emocional e relacional voltada para crianças do Ensino Fundamental I e as repercussões do ensino na prática docente dos educadores participantes da pesquisa durante dois anos letivos. Para isso, como instrumento de pesquisa, utilizamos, no início e no final do período proposto, entrevistas em profundidade e questionário contendo escala de atitudes. A despeito dos testes quantitativos não terem elucidado resultados que comprovem estatisticamente a contribuição que o currículo PATHS propicia ao desenvolvimento do Autocontrole, da Compreensão Emocional, da Autoestima, dos Relacionamentos e da Resolução de Problemas – categorias que compõem, dentre outras, o desenvolvimento das emoções e relações humanas –, foi verificado que houve mudanças positivas na prática docente. Conforme as indicações dos educadores, o currículo PATHS inspirou um tipo de ensino-aprendizagem que forneceu a construção de uma base para um profícuo desenvolvimento emocional e relacional a ser consolidado na formação das crianças. / Integral human development in its multiple dimensions is fundamental for consolidating human formation. As part of various aspects that constitute the formation of the human being, we highlight the diversity of relations interspersed with emotions dynamics. In order to experience emotions in a constructive way, it is necessary a path that provides human beings with some intimacy about the meaning of emotions themselves as well as the meaning of the rising of emotions in the constitution of human nature, besides what provokes certain reactions, behaviors, and emotional patterns, and, how those patterns reflect in the way someone acts in the world. Considering this perspective, such path can be configured as a genuine self-knowledge exercise which may lead the human being to discover what emotions are, their various forms and, above all, understand how they function. This movement contributes to a process of human formation. We believe that the role of emotions and relations is the basis for this formative-educational path given the fact that being attentive to the rising of emotions and think of what to do is an essential care for human development. Therefore, educational institutions may be able to foster opportunities to human formation initiatives as the one proposed by the curriculum named “Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies” (PATHS), developed by Kusché and Greenberg (1994), which turns social and emotional learning into a practical possibility that leads to human formation. PATHS is scientifically corroborated by several countries and it was published in Brazil since 2012. Having this emotional education material available in Portuguese, we were incited by the desire to research its implementation in a Brazilian context. We did our investigation in the Beneficent Association of Allianz Group Employees located in eastern São Paulo capital. In that occasion, during two academic years, we accompanied and analyzed the implementation process of an intervention inspired by on the curriculum PATHS, as well as tested the development of relational and emotional learning focused on Elementary School Children by comparing research and control groups. For this research, we also considered the impact of teaching emotions/relations in the pedagogical practices of researched educators. In order to test this intervention process, we used the following research instruments: in-depth interviews and a questionnaire including an attitude scale. Despite the fact that quantitative test results did not statistically elucidate the contribution of the PATHS curriculum to the development of Self-control, Emotional Awareness, Self-esteem, Relationships and Problem Solving – categories which constitute, among others, the development of emotions and human relations, research findings showed that there were positive changes in subjects’ pedagogical practices. According to them, the PATHS curriculum inspired a kind of experience which provided the underpinning for a proficuous emotional and relational development process that can be consolidated throughout children’s human formation

Gifted adolescents who experienced a randomized lottery process to continue attending their school are the focus of this study. For more than 10 years, sixth-grade students at a Northern California school for gifted students have participated in a lottery process to continue attending their school for seventh and eighth grades. This study describes the reflections of nine lottery participants, and the social and emotional effects that a school lottery has on adolescents. The student perspectives were gained through in-person interviews and participants’ written impressions. Stress and anxiety were commonly endured by all participants. The study explores other effects such as reliance on support networks consisting of friends, families and teachers for social and emotional well-being.

The goal of this study was to explore whether Strong Kids could result in improved social and emotional competence when implemented as a school-wide universal intervention. No prior studies have examined this question. This study also evaluated whether teachers could implement Strong Kids as it was designed and whether they viewed it as socially valid. It used a non-equivalent control group design. The treatment school in the study involved 348 students and 17 teachers from a Title I school. School demographics indicated that 61% of students were Hispanic, 37% White, and 2% of other ethnicities. Approximately 82% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch. Teachers at the treatment school taught Strong Kids for 12 weeks, permitted treatment fidelity observations, and completed a social validity questionnaire (with a subgroup also participating in a social validity focus group). The control school participants consisted of 266 students and 11 teachers. The control school was selected because it was demographically similar to the treatment school. Teachers at both treatment and control schools completed pretest and posttest ratings of each of their students' internalizing behaviors and peer-related prosocial behaviors using nationally normed scales. Analyses comparing teacher ratings of the treatment school with ratings at the control school were performed using a split-plot ANOVA. Scores for students identified as at-risk through school-wide screening were compared to students not identified as at-risk. Average scores on the social validity questionnaire were calculated, and a qualitative analysis of the focus group was performed. Results revealed that 82% of lesson components were fully implemented. Teacher ratings at the treatment school reflected a significant decrease in students' internalizing behaviors, while ratings at the control school increased. At-risk students showed significantly greater improvements on both internalizing and peer-relations subscales compared to non-at-risk students. Social validity results revealed that Strong Kids provided a common language for teachers and students to talk about feelings and an avenue for students to seek help. It also helped teachers set school-wide expectations for handling social and emotional concerns.

Social and emotional learning is an important element in educating the whole child. When social skills are taught and reinforced in a school-wide model, which incorporates positive behavior support, both students and faculty experience a better learning environment. The Book in a Bag intervention invites parent volunteers to teach social skills in the classroom. Supplementing this school-wide intervention, parents also receive a monthly newsletter informing them of the identified social skill and recommending associated children's picture books, which further reinforce the skill. The purpose of this study was to determine parent perceptions on the effectiveness of the Book in a Bag program, which was implemented in the target school. Questionnaires (N=327, 47.74% participation rate) were completed by parents who responded to questions about their perceptions of the program's influence on their children's behavior, the importance of parent involvement in the program, and the importance of the school-wide social skills program. Parents expressed an overall positive response to the school-wide social skills program. In addition to reporting and describing data, observations of the questionnaire's weaknesses and strengths are discussed. Future research possibilities and recommendations to further strengthen parent involvement in school-wide social skills programs are offered.

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