Promoting the Social and Emotional Health of Primary School-Aged Children: Reviewing the Evidence Base for School - Based Interventions

Issues related to the formation and improvement of students' social and emotional skills and the reduction of aggression are the subject of a number of studies. Some of them are oriented towards identifying the genesis and essence of these processes, and others - to find solutions in real school practice. In this publication we present research results that gravitate to the second type of research. The object of the study is the processes of formation and improvement of the social and emotional skills of the students and the reduction of the aggression in technology and entrepreneurship education at elementary school and the subject - the development of practical options for formation and improvement of the social and emotional skills of the students reducing aggression. The aim of the study is to develop practical options for shaping and improving social and emotional skills of students and reducing aggression in technology and entrepreneurship education in primary school.

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Percepción de los agentes educativos sobre la enseñanza en contextos bilingües

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2020.v16n41p79 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (41) ◽

Author(s):

Marina Díaz Pastor ◽

M. Ángeles Jiménez-Jiménez

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

School Based ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

Educación Primaria ◽

The City ◽

Linguistic Reality

Esta investigación muestra la percepción de los agentes educativos, concretamente la familia y el profesorado, sobre la educación en contextos bilingües de los centros de Educación Primaria partiendo de la realidad social y lingüística de la ciudad de Melilla. La metodología utilizada fue cuantitativa descriptiva ya que pretendíamos mostrar y caracterizar una parte de la realidad social y educativa. La muestra se seleccionó siguiendo un muestreo no probabilístico de tipo intencional en el que quedaban recogidos, bajo el criterio de representatividad, todas las características de centros de los seis distritos escolares a través del estudio de cuatro de ellos. La muestra real estuvo compuesta por 162 familias y 78 profesores. En cuanto al instrumento utilizado, se diseñó un cuestionario a través de otros ya publicados, que posteriormente fue validado por un grupo de expertos formado por profesores y familias, resultando un cuestionario final de 26 preguntas. Los datos obtenidos fueron analizados con el programa SPSS 25. Con la información obtenida se puede concluir que la comunidad educativa demanda la modificación de la normativa vigente con el fin de implantar un modelo que acentúe la importancia del aprendizaje de idiomas, es decir, un modelo basado en metodologías bilingües similar al de otras comunidades. This research shows the perception of educational agents, especially the family and the teaching staff, about education in bilingual context in Primary School based on the social and linguistic reality of the city of Melilla.

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Friendships and Social Interactions of School-Aged Children With Migraine

Cephalalgia ◽

10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01583.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 28 (7) ◽

pp. 734-743 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

K Vannatta ◽

EA Getzoff ◽

DK Gilman ◽

RB Noll ◽

CA Gerhardt ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Functioning ◽

Older Children ◽

School Students ◽

School Aged Children ◽

School Based ◽

Behavioural Difficulties ◽

The Social ◽

The Impact ◽

Better Than

We set out to evaluate the friendships and social behaviour of school-aged children with migraine. Concern exists regarding the impact of paediatric migraine on daily activities and quality of life. We hypothesized that children with migraine would have fewer friends and be identified as more socially sensitive and isolated than comparison peers. Sixty-nine children with migraine participated in a school-based study of social functioning. A comparison sample without migraine included classmates matched for gender, race and age. Children with migraine had fewer friends at school; however, this effect was limited to those in elementary school. Behavioural difficulties were not found. Middle-school students with migraine were identified by peers as displaying higher levels of leadership and popularity than comparison peers. Concern may be warranted about the social functioning of pre-adolescent children with migraine; however, older children with migraine may function as well as or better than their peers.

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OP34 #The primary outcomes of the social and emotional education and development (SEED) trial: a stratified, cluster randomised trial of a multi-component primary school intervention in scotland aimed at improving pupils’ social and emotional wellbeing

10.1136/jech-2018-ssmabstracts.34 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

MM Henderson ◽

S Tweedie ◽

K Wetherall ◽

A McConnachie ◽

K Levin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Randomised Trial ◽

School Intervention ◽

Cluster Randomised Trial ◽

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Social And Emotional ◽

Cluster Randomised ◽

The Social ◽

Education And Development ◽

Social And Emotional Wellbeing

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The role of school-based health education in adolescent spiritual moral, social and cultural development

Health Education Journal ◽

10.1177/0017896919832341 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 78 (5) ◽

pp. 582-594

Author(s):

Kayleigh L Chester ◽

Ellen Klemera ◽

Josefine Magnusson ◽

Neil H Spencer ◽

Fiona M Brooks

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Young People ◽

School Context ◽

Multilevel Modelling ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Cultural Development ◽

World Health ◽

School Aged Children ◽

School Based ◽

Health Organization

Background: The broad nature of young people’s development is internationally acknowledged, which includes physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social elements. In England, schools have a legal obligation to promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development. It has been suggested that personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, a broad form of school-based health education, may contribute to building SMSC development in young people. Objective: To examine the association between PSHE education in schools and outcomes of an SMSC nature. Method: The study drew on data collected as part of the 2014 World Health Organization Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study for England. Data were collected from young people aged 11, 13 and 15 years, using anonymous self-completed surveys administered during school lessons. The analysis drew on responses from 3,731 young people. Multilevel modelling was used to examine the association between PSHE education and variables of an SMSC nature, while controlling for demographic variables. Results: Overall, the majority of young people who reported receiving PSHE education were positive about the benefits of this school-based health education. Positive perceptions of PSHE education were significantly associated with increased spirituality among young people, reduced engagement in both fighting and bullying perpetration and increased general self-efficacy. Conclusion: This paper highlights the important role that health education in a school context may have for young people’s broader development, and contributes to the national evidence base advocating for compulsory PSHE education in schools.

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