Promoting Social Competence in an Era of School Reform: A Commentary on Gifford-Smith and Brownell.

Gettinger, Maribeth

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Publication Date: 2003

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Promoting Social Competence in an Era of School Reform: A Commentary on Gifford-Smith and Brownell.

Gettinger, Maribeth

Journal of School Psychology, v41 n4 p299-304 Jul-Aug 2003

Presents a response to Gifford-Smith and Brownell's "Childhood Peer Relationships: Social Acceptance, Friendships, and Peer Networks" (this issue). A focus on enhancing social competence within the context of classrooms designed to accommodate the needs of all students is presented as an integrated framework for applying research concerning separate dimensions of peer relationships. (Contains 10 references.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Psychosocial Development, Social Networks

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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