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Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in a Field Course: Preservice Teachers Practice SEL-Supportive Instructional Strategies
Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education
Short Title: Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2019/01/01/
Pages: 36 - 67
Sources ID: 90316
Notes: Accession Number: EJ1205159; Acquisition Information: Buffalo State College School of Education. 1300 Elmwood Avenue Bacon Hall 306, Buffalo, NY 14214. Tel: 716-878-4214; Fax: 716-878-5301; e-mail: schoolofeducation@buffalostate.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/jiae; Language: English; Education Level: Higher EducationPostsecondary Education; Journal Code: MAY2019; Level of Availability: Available online; Publication Type: Academic Journal; Publication Type: Report; Entry Date: 2019Accession Number: EJ1205159; Acquisition Information: Buffalo State College School of Education. 1300 Elmwood Avenue Bacon Hall 306, Buffalo, NY 14214. Tel: 716-878-4214; Fax: 716-878-5301; e-mail: schoolofeducation@buffalostate.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/jiae; Language: English; Education Level: Higher EducationPostsecondary Education; Journal Code: MAY2019; Level of Availability: Available online; Publication Type: Academic Journal; Publication Type: Report; Entry Date: 2019
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This action research study examined social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies taught during a year-long elementary teaching credential field course to examine (a) what SEL strategies look like in practice, and (b) what training effects might be seen among twelve preservice student teacher (PST) participants. Part of a two-course clinical practice study, this paper focused solely on the research done in the field course during the 2013-2014 academic year. Drawing from program-based and integrated SEL literature, the strategies studied supported (a) active engagement in learning, (b) equitable access to instruction, including diversity and differentiated strategies, and (c) learner-centered classroom discipline. Frequency analysis of lesson plan data suggested that PSTs implemented positive disciplinary SEL strategies most frequently, followed by active engagement, diversity scaffolds, and differentiated accommodations. Coding and analysis of the PSTs' year-end written self-assessments also shed light on ways in which SEL instruction might have had positive effects on participants' developing SEL skills and professional habits of mind.