Yesterday I sent my scoping review chapter to my supervisor. With this milestone accomplished, I feel I have the bandwidth to begin sharing more of my research here again. With the pandemic, I’ve found it hard to engage in the research, let alone the blogging portion of it. However, with Read more…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been reading through some of the articles included in the scoping review about how researchers conceptualize social and emotional learning within Canada. This has led to a few articles being put aside for not entirely fitting the inclusion criteria (e.g., not providing information about Read more…
This week, I have spent time exploring articles about community-school partnerships regarding SEL initiatives, using e-portfolios for self-regulated learning, and evaluations of bullying prevention programs. At this point, I don’t feel I’ve looked at enough articles to share summaries of the trends in terms of definitions and implementation strategies. However, Read more…
This week, I’ve been working on beginning to analyze the articles for the SEL in Action Scoping Review (Phase 1). It’s been a slow process. I’ve frequently gone back to my exclusion and exclusion criteria, and back to my focus of the information I want to extract from these articles. Read more…
During the past couple of weeks, I have been stumped. Having close to 100 potential articles to examine for my scoping review seemed overwhelming. I felt stuck and unsure of how I would get through it efficiently and critically. In speaking with my supervisor, we clarified what we meant by Read more…
Hello Everyone! Apologies for the silence the last month or so. It has been quite busy with wrapping up data collection, wrapping up my summer online course, and preparing for the future once I wrap up my dissertation. That being said, there are some exciting updates on the research project Read more…
This week on the research update, I thought it would be useful to discuss one of my analysis approaches. For phase two and three of the study, I will be analyzing qualitative data through thematic analysis. In phase two, I explore how teachers in Ontario and Alberta implement social and Read more…
Since the last update, I have been able to transcribe a few more interviews. It still amazes me how much insight and experience educators have been able to share in our 30-40 minute conversations. I’m so excited to really delve into these experiences and carefully explore the evident themes that Read more…
This past week and a bit have been filled with fantastic conversations with educators from Ontario and Alberta, which leads me to think about common themes to unpack and my next steps for recruitment. This week, I’ll give you an overview of where things are and my thinking about Phase Read more…
What does social and emotional learning look like in practice? How are elementary school educators and administrators defining social and emotional learning? What strategies are they using in their classrooms? How are they learning about SEL? These questions are encompassed within my driving question for phase two of the research Read more…