Role of teachers on Students' Emotional Development: For College Students

Introduction

Early childhood experiences shape and play a crucial role in the emotional development of children. Children spend half of their time in school; affected by their peers, teachers, and class environment. In this web quest, you as college students will investigate in a team consisting of two partners the role of teachers in shaping the students' emotional development, and how class environment such as: if the atmosphere is full of comfort or if aggressive bullying class can matter. You must explore how these factors may affect the students' emotional development.

 

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Task

You are required to write an essay on Word document that includes an introduction, 6 body paragraphs, a conclusion, and a citation page. You will work in teams consisting of 2 partners. You have to explore psychological theories with real-life examples related to the classroom and schools. Moreover, you are allowed to survey the parents, and teachers to answer questions that assist you to have a well-explained essay. You have to observe in a real classroom in school and then analyze and reflect on the survey and observation.

Outline of the essay:

  • Introduction: 

 

  1. Topic sentence: Use a hook to catch the readers' attention such as question about emotional development.
  2. Background Information: You need to use articles to take background information from.
  3. Thesis statement: it should be the main idea and summarize what your body paragraphs will include.

 

  •  6 body paragraphs:

 

  1. You have to use 4 articles and write each paragraph including one article consisting of a specific idea.
  2. Each body paragraph should include a topic sentence to introduce what the paragraph will be tackling, the content, and a concluding sentence that concludes and summarizes the findings for each specific article.
  3. You have to provide examples from real-life ones.
  4. Each student will be responsible for 2 paragraphs.
  5. You have to survey the educators and teachers in a specific school, write a paragraph on what you asked them for, and reflect on the experience.
  6. You must observe the atmosphere of the classroom and reflect on how it affects the students' emotional development.

 

  •  Conclusion:

 

  1. Restate the thesis statement
  2. Express your opinion on the whole experience of exploring this topic.

 

  • Important Notes:
  1. You have to distribute the work between you equally and fairly.
  2. Make sure to reflect honestly.
  3. Make sure to include the in-text citation and the reference citation page should be APA.
  4. Write the essay in simple language and use appropriate words and meanings.
  5. The essay should be at least 700 words.

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Process

Here’s a step-by-step guide to complete the essay completely with sources for each section.

  1. Read articles related to the emotional development of students.   

 Here is the website from where you have to pick the articles (it is scholarly articles):   https://g.co/kgs/VSmwYsM 

 

  • For Introduction Instructions: 

  •  You have to choose the article you want to write the background information in your introduction. You have plenty of options but it should be at least since 2020.

  • You can use New York Times articles as well, here is the link to search for them: https://www.nytimes.com/international/   
  • You have to write it according to the outline provided on the task page.​​​​​​

  • For First Paragraph:            

  • Here is the article you have to read, summarize, and analyze for the first paragraph. Your first paragraph should be about the importance and role of the educators and teachers in developing the emotional capacity of the children in the school.
  • (Y: Gimbert, B. G., Miller, D., Herman, E., Breedlove, M., & Molina, C. E. (2023). Social Emotional Learning in Schools: The Importance of Educator Competence. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 18(1), 3-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/19427751211014920​​​​​​ )
  •  OR you can choose this article to write about :
  • Alwaely, S. A., Yousif, N. B., & Mikhaylov, A. (2020). Emotional development in preschoolers and socialization. Early Child Development and Care, 191(16), 2484–2493. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2020.1717480
  • Note: At the end of the paragraph, you have to include a concluding sentence of how the article explains and confirms that the role of students plays a role in the student's emotional development.

 

  • For Second Paragraph:

  • This paragraph explains how positive emotional development might affect school performance.
  • Here is the article that you are responsible for reading, summarizing, and analyzing to add it to your exploration of the effect of teachers on students:

  • Mahoney, J. L., Weissberg, R. P., Greenberg, M. T., Dusenbury, L., Jagers, R. J., Niemi, K., Schlinger, M., Schlund, J., Shriver, T. P., VanAusdal, K., & Yoder, N. (2021). Systemic social and emotional learning: Promoting educational success for all preschool to high school students. American Psychologist, 76(7), 1128–1142. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000701

 

  • For Third Paragraph: 

  • This paragraph will include the positive effect of a supportive and positive environment in the classroom that is empty of bullying and any aggressive behavior, and it explores how it affects the emotional development of the students.

  • Hawkins, G. T., Chung, C. S., Hertz, M. F., & Antolin, N. (2023). The school environment and physical and social‐emotional well‐being: Implications for students and school employees. Journal of School Health, 93(9), 799–812. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13375

  • Use the above citation article to write this paragraph. 

  • For Fourth Paragraph:

  • It should include the effect of the classroom's atmosphere on the emotional development of the students.
  • The article below emphasizes the relationship between classroom atmosphere and students' emotional development.
  • Wong, M. D., Dosanjh, K. K., Jackson, N. J., Rünger, D., & Dudovitz, R. N. (2021). The longitudinal relationship of school climate with adolescent social and emotional health. BMC Public Health, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10245-6

  • For Fifth Paragraph:​​​​​​

  •  Go to any school nearby you, make observations for one time, take notes, notice the atmosphere, and reflect on it with a paragraph.                                                                                                                                                                                         Note: each one of you will observe in a different class
  • This paragraph will include the observation journey and your reflection on it.
  • Here is a sample of the things you need to pay attention to and observe to take notes on. 
  • Examples: How do the teachers treat the students, is there bullying in the classroom, is the teacher teaching smooth techniques for the children, note that your essay and the observation should be for students from grade one to sixth maximum.
  • Answer the question according to your observations: Is there a good relationship between the students, is there a supportive atmosphere between them and the students?
  • Your reflection would be like analyzing the results and describing how it was the atmosphere and how it was your experience.
  • You can find here a YouTube video that explains how to observe professionally.

  • For Sixth Paragraph:

  • Interview an educator, or teacher and ask relatable questions about the role of educators in the emotional development of the students and reflect on it with the previous paragraph of the observations. This list includes questions you should use to interview them : 

  • How do you perceive your role in students' emotional development? This helps uncover how aware the teacher is of their emotional impact on students.

  • In what ways do you address emotional well-being in your classroom? This provides insights into specific strategies or practices the teacher uses to support emotional growth.

  •   Can you share an example of a time when you helped a student through an emotional challenge? A real-world example will illustrate how they manage emotional situations.

  • You have to brainstorm for more questions like those mentioned previously.

  • Here is a Youtube video to learn how you can brainstorm ideas, and questions.

  • Note: You have to brainstorm together to mix ideas and be creative and professional.

  • Group reflection: Reflect on what you’ve observed, analyzed, and learned throughout this journey. Reflect on the articles you've read when they became more obvious and relatable with you through observation and interview

  • You have to relate the information in the articles to your observation and interview. 

  • Conclusion:

  • Restate the thesis statement, don't add any additional information about the articles. Just summarize and open a new discussion in the last sentence to make the conclusion creative. You have the option to express your emotions or opinion about your experience of emotional development in your school, but briefly. 

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Evaluation

Here is a rubric, make sure to meet it accordingly:

 

Criteria  Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Needs Improvement (1)
Research Quality Thorough research and in-depth exploration  Good exploration but it needs more explanation Limited depth for exploration of the articles  Few explanations and investigation
Working equally in a team Excellent collaboration between partners

Well-organized distribution for each partner

 

 Good collaboration Unfair distribution
Well observation and reflection Thoughtful reflection, and excellent observational notes Very good but needs more work on some parts on the reflection good observation and reflection

 

 Basic observation and reflection
Analyzing the survey and reflection Thoughtful reflection, and analyzing Very good but needs more exploring and analyzing Good analysis and  reflection Basic analysis and  reflection
Grammar and structure of the essay no errors 3 errors 5 errors 8 errors

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Conclusion

Through this WebQuest, you have learned the importance of the role of educators and teachers in emotional student development. You have gained practical observation of the classroom atmosphere. Analyzing and reflection are key components in critical thinking, so you have gained these skills. Make sure to develop your skills and gain benefits from the exploration of psychological theories in our real-life experiences.

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Credits

References:

Articles citation: 

  • Y: Gimbert, B. G., Miller, D., Herman, E., Breedlove, M., & Molina, C. E. (2023). Social Emotional Learning in Schools: The Importance of Educator Competence. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 18(1), 3-39.https://doi.org/10.1177/19427751211014920​​​​​​ 

 

 

  • Mahoney, J. L., Weissberg, R. P., Greenberg, M. T., Dusenbury, L., Jagers, R. J., Niemi, K., Schlinger, M., Schlund, J., Shriver, T. P., VanAusdal, K., & Yoder, N. (2021). Systemic social and emotional learning: Promoting educational success for all preschool to high school students. American Psychologist, 76(7), 1128–1142. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000701

  • Hawkins, G. T., Chung, C. S., Hertz, M. F., & Antolin, N. (2023). The school environment and physical and social‐emotional well‐being: Implications for students and school employees. Journal of School Health, 93(9), 799–812. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13375

  • Wong, M. D., Dosanjh, K. K., Jackson, N. J., Rünger, D., & Dudovitz, R. N. (2021). The longitudinal relationship of school climate with adolescent social and emotional health. BMC Public Health, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10245-6

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