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Hadzigeorgiou, Yannis; Garganourakis, Vassilios – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2010
This paper reports on an action research project undertaken with the primary aim of investigating the extent to which situations that evoke a sense of wonder can promote scientific inquiry. Given the intense interest, curiosity, and wonder that some students had begun to develop after seeing the film "The Prestige", a science teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Research Projects, Science Teachers
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Poulou, Maria – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2007
Given the link between social skills, problem solving and resilience, it could be a helpful way forward to link the construct of social resilience to the social and emotional learning (SEL) framework. This article first discusses core ideas of both constructs, and supports the integration of the social resiliency framework into a broader…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Leontopoulou, Sophia – Social Indicators Research, 2006
Variable--and person--focused approaches were applied to study the resilient outcomes of 326 Greek male and female 1st year university students at a major educational transition point. Results indicated that resilience was related to both cognitive and behavioural psychosocial resources in late adolescence. Locus of control emerged as an important…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Coping, College Freshmen, Cognitive Processes