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Does An Evidence-Based Healthy Relationships Program For 9th Graders Show Similar Effects For 7th And 8th Graders? Results From 57 Schools Randomized To Intervention, Claire Crooks, K L. Scott, Ryan Broll, Suzanne Zwarych, Ray Hughes, David Wolfe
Does An Evidence-Based Healthy Relationships Program For 9th Graders Show Similar Effects For 7th And 8th Graders? Results From 57 Schools Randomized To Intervention, Claire Crooks, K L. Scott, Ryan Broll, Suzanne Zwarych, Ray Hughes, David Wolfe
Education Publications
Integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) programming throughout curricula to support the development of healthy behaviors and prevent violence is critical for a comprehensive approach to school health. This study used a post-test comparison design to evaluate a healthy relationships program for eighth grade students that applies a SEL approach. The program was adapted from the Fourth R, an evidence-based program for ninth graders, but matches the curriculum and developmental context for eighth graders. Surveys were collected post-intervention from 1012 students within 57 schools randomized to intervention or control conditions. Multivariate multilevel analysis accounted for the nested nature of students …
Emotions In Teaching Environmental Education, Cassie F. Quigley
Emotions In Teaching Environmental Education, Cassie F. Quigley
Publications
This op-ed article examines the emotional impact of teaching environmental science and considers how certain emotions can broaden viewpoints and other emotions narrow them. Specifically, it investigates how the topic of climate change became an emotional debate in a science classroom because of religious beliefs. Through reflective practice and examination of positionality, the author explored how certain teaching practices of pre-service science teachers created a productive space and other practices closed down the conversations. This article is framed with theories that explore both divergent and shared viewpoints.
Connecting Science Education To A World In Crisis, Kenneth Tobin
Connecting Science Education To A World In Crisis, Kenneth Tobin
Publications and Research
Even though humanity faces grand challenges, including climate change, sustainability of the planet and its resources, and well-being of humans and other species, for the past 60 years science educators have been preoccupied with much the same priorities. Adherence to the tenets of crypto-positivism creates problems for research in the social sciences (e.g., over reliance on statistical analyses leads to oversimplified models that strip away context and are reductive). Hypotheses and associated statistical tests support causal models that rarely predict social conduct or blaze pathways for meaningful transformation. In contrast to the mainstream of research in science education, I advocate …