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…
This past week has been busy here for the SEL in Action Project. On April 17th, we launched our recruitment campaign on Twitter and Facebook. Since then, I have spoken with five educators from Ontario about what SEL looks like in their classrooms. I am so grateful for their participation Read more…
Apologies for the radio silence the last couple of weeks. I was sidetracked with grading for a course I teach on SEL and trying to get through the first round of screening for this scoping review. The good news is I have completed round one of the scoping review! This Read more…
This week, there is not much to report. I have continued sifting through the articles to find the ones relevant to our research project. It is getting tougher and tougher to pinpoint keywords that are not relevant as the number of articles gets smaller and smaller. Below is an update Read more…
Welcome back to another instalment of the SEL in Action Blog. This past week, I have been focusing on doing the initial screening of the articles that I gathered using my search strategy (you can find more information on that here). As we started with 24, 022 articles, I needed Read more…
The first phase of the research project will focus on a scoping review of how researchers conceptualize and enact social and emotional learning in elementary settings in Canada. This will be the first piece of how research, policy, and practice conceptualize and enact social and emotional learning in elementary settings Read more…
Hello again, I apologize for the delay in updates for the SEL In Action Research project. Unfortunately, we have been unable to recruit two schools to participate in the study. This has led to us rethinking how we can explore the topic of how SEL is enacted. Below, I will Read more…
This first post is to share some exciting news and to review the next steps in the research process. The project will explore how Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is enacted and how it has evolved within two schools in Ontario. Good news! We have found a school board to work Read more…