scholarly journals An Evidence-Based Perspective of the Self-Management of Middle School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-313
Author(s):  
Weijie Meng ◽  
Fengqi Ning

The ability of self-management is an essential ability for the sustainable development of humankind. Student self-management is a vital organic part of student self-development education. Under the practical guidance of school administrators, students play their initiative in life and study, conduct self-discipline and management, which is conducive to the life-long development of students, especially for middle school students who are in the critical stage of adolescence, the use of students’ self-management to guide the development of ideas and the formation of personality. Starting from self-management, this article summarizes and integrates the definition and connotation of student self-management. On the basis of defining the related concepts of students’ self-management, starting from the three aspects of theory, practice and evaluation, we will discuss the theoretical basis of students’ self-management, the content of students’ self-management, the problems existing in the students’ self-management practice and the measures taken. To study the current situation of existing middle school students' self-management and its application to provide a reference for further optimizing the self-management strategy of middle school students, exerting the value of self-management of students, and cultivating the self-management ability of middle school students.

Author(s):  
Atia D Mark ◽  
Steve Wells

Middle school students in Nova Scotia, Canada, are perceived to have low self-efficacy for achieving learning outcomes. While strong self-efficacy beliefs, developed through effective curricula, have been linked to improved academic performance, there is a need for formal evaluation of such curricula. The purpose of this study was to investigate a 10-week afterschool mentorship curriculum that has never been evaluated. The aim of the curriculum is to strengthen self-efficacy beliefs via relationship building exercises, public speaking training, and character education. Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy, which states that treatment influences can alter the strength of self-efficacy, informed the conceptual framework. Evaluation questions explored apparent changes in the self-efficacy of the students from the perspective of seven adult caregivers and the program’s instructor. Interview data were triangulated with quantitative descriptive statistics on the self-efficacy scores of 10 middle school students before and after program participation using the Children’s Hope Scale. Comparison of pre- and posttest scores did not show remarkable differences in self-efficacy beliefs of the students. However, analysis of interview data revealed that children’s self-efficacy beliefs grew, the largest increase being in those described as reserved at the beginning of the program. This study promotes positive social change through an increased understanding that can inform efforts to increase self-efficacy in middle school students.


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