Social and emotional learning for pupils with social and emotional behavioural difficulties
Joan Mowat, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
This workshop presents the findings of case-study research evaluating a group-work approach to promoting teaching for understanding when working with children with social and emotional behavioural difficulties (SEBD). The study aimed to find out the extent to which teaching for understanding impacts upon the development of intra- and interpersonal intelligence and, if it does, does it affect pupils':
- capacity to regulate their behaviour, with good judgement, in a range of contexts
- empathy and social skills
- self-esteem and confidence
- positive learning dispositions
The study also explored what impacts upon pupil outcomes, and the wider significance of the findings for education with regard to inclusion.
Joan Mowat is a lecturer at the University of Strathclyde. She teaches on the secondary and primary PGDE courses, the BEd and BSc hons degree programmes, and delivers CPD to practising teachers. Before joining the University, her teaching career spanned 27 years, the last seven of which were spent as a Depute Head at Vale of Leven Academy, West Dunbartonshire. During that time, Joan undertook a short secondment to the Scottish Executive as a National Development Officer for 'Better Behaviour - Better Learning' and also undertook a part-time post as an associate lecturer in the Education Faculty at Strathclyde. She was the recipient of the Scottish Council for Research in Education Award for Practitioner Research in 1997 and was awarded a grant from the Gordon Cook Foundation to forward work in promoting positive behaviour. Joan graduated with the Scottish Qualification for Headship in 2003.
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