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Harris, Kathleen I.; Sholtis, Stephanie D. – Childhood Education, 2016
Love, affection, acceptance, and companionship to children, these are just some of the benefits of a service dog for children. Yet there is much that these remarkable animals can do. From opening doors for children with cerebral palsy to warning a child with diabetes of low blood sugar, the abilities of a properly trained service dog are wide and…
Descriptors: Animals, Autism, Classroom Environment, Educational Experience
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Chalke, Joy – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This case study argues for the consideration of an adult-directed physical skills session as an approach to supporting boys learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage in England. It exemplifies a model of professional development that utilises the individual knowledge and expertise of practitioners to support and extend others' practice. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Physical Activities, Skill Development
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Perfect, Michelle M.; Turley, Matt R.; Carlson, John S.; Yohanna, Justina; Saint Gilles, Marla Pfenninger – School Mental Health, 2016
The purpose of this study was to systematically review the literature to identify school-related outcomes associated with trauma in school-aged youth. The sample of articles (n = 83) included data on school-aged youth (pre-kindergarten to grade 12) who were 18 years or younger. Cognitive, academic, and teacher reported social-emotional-behavioral…
Descriptors: Trauma, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Preschool Children
Siekmann, Gitta – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
There is a strong belief by most governments, enterprises and higher education providers that competence in the academic fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is not developing as quickly as required in spite of the importance for innovation, productivity, prosperity and international standing. This belief is often…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Job Skills
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Argue, Sarah; Miller, Rachelle; Thompson, Amy; Tribble, Dana Joy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Preparing students for entry into kindergarten is a key priority within the educational sector. Research has shown that students with lower levels of cognitive and socio-emotional competencies are less prepared for kindergarten entry and consequently perform more poorly on assessments in later grades (Duncan et al., 2007; Ensey Hoever, 2014;…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Achievement Gap
Dusenbury, Linda; Weissberg, Roger P. – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2016
There is growing momentum across the country to support statewide implementation of social and emotional learning (SEL) in preschool through high school. In this brief we report on how many states have developed learning standards to support SEL. We have observed commonalities in the process states have used, and we share some of the lessons we…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mortensen, Jennifer A.; Barnett, Melissa A. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study examined the transactional nature of harsh parenting and emotion regulation across toddlerhood, including the moderating role of teacher sensitivity in child care. Secondary data analyses were conducted with a subsample of families from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project who participated in…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Toddlers, Economically Disadvantaged
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D'Amico, Antonella – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2018
"Developing Emotional Intelligence" is an Italian language multimedia tool created for children between 8 and 12 years of age. The software is based on the four 'branches' of model of emotional intelligence proposed by Mayer and Salovey and aims to evaluate and improve abilities in perception of emotions; using emotion to facilitate…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Multimedia Instruction
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Harkins, Michelle – Childhood Education, 2018
Active involvement of multiple stakeholders is vital to ensuring effective implementation of education innovation. The ground-breaking collaboration described in this article addressed barriers to education through effective cross-sector collaboration among civil society, business, and government stakeholders.
Descriptors: Barriers, Educational Innovation, Cooperation, School Business Relationship
West, Martin R.; Pier, Libby; Fricke, Hans; Loeb, Susanna; Meyer, Robert H.; Rice, Andrew B. – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
Mounting evidence demonstrates that social-emotional skills are important for students' academic and life success, yet we have limited evidence on how these skills develop over time and how this development varies across student subgroups. In this study, we use the first large-scale panel survey of social-emotional learning (SEL) to describe how…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Social Development, Emotional Development, Self Concept
Carroll, Catherine; Brackenbury, Gill; Herbert, Elisabeth; Lee, Frances; Roberts, Amelia; Cameron, Claire; Freitag, Sara; Crombie, Kerry; Farley, Claire; Parrott, Suzanne; Pike, Jo; Prodohl, Fiona; Connolley, Kelley; MacCarthy, Barbara; Buchanan, Anne-Marie; Brian, Rachael; Lawford, Sarah; Walkey, Amy; Barnes, Kieran; Lane, Sarah; Bettencourt, Michael; Black, Emma; Bland, Michelle; Borrell, Vicky; Middleton, Serena; de Bossart, Jennie; Stanbridge, Peter – Institute of Education - London, 2018
As of March 2017, there were 72,670 children and young people in care in England. The number of looked after children has continued to increase steadily over the last eight years. Sixty per cent of these children are in care because of abuse or neglect and three-quarters are placed in foster care arrangements. Children and young people who are in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Low Achievement, Student Needs
Malone, Lizabeth; Bernstein, Sara; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Xue, Yange – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2018
Head Start is a national program that aims to promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families. The program places special emphasis on helping preschoolers develop the reading, language,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Preschool Children
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Kostyo, Stephen; Cardichon, Jessica; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2018
This policy brief is part of a larger research report, "Making ESSA's Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap," that describes how states are using opportunities in ESSA [Every Student Succeeds Act] to better support historically underserved students through the thoughtful selection of specific equity measures…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Standards, Equal Education, Suspension
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Gruicic, Dusan; Benton, Stephen – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to research about the effect of mind-body training on the development of emotional competencies of managers. Design/methodology/approach: Quasi-experimental design, i.e. before and after (test-retest). Findings: Results showed that the experimental group, after training, achieved around 15 per cent higher scores compared…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
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Buta, Monica; Leva, Dana Simona; Visu-Petra, Laura – Early Education and Development, 2015
Although tattling is a common practice among young children, there is little systematic research about its socioemotional correlates. The current study focused on children's tattling between the ages of 5 and 7, assessing both their explicit attitudes toward tattling and their actual reporting of a transgression and relating them to individual…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Young Children, Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Development
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