ERIC Number: EJ1440600
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0969-594X
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EduSEL-R -- The Refined Educators' Social-Emotional Learning Questionnaire: Expanded Scope and Improved Validity
Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, v31 n3-4 p279-296 2024
Educators' Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is crucial for fostering positive, supportive, and effective learning environments. This study seeks to improve SEL assessment among educators by addressing limitations of the previous EduSEL questionnaire. Study 1 established convergent validity by comparing EduSEL with a validated SEL questionnaire. Study 2 focused on expanding the scope of the assessment, by adding new items. In Study 3, exploratory factor analysis yielded a four-factor structure comprising self-management, ethical problem solving, self and social awareness and relationship skills. In Study 4, the five most robust items from each subscale (20 items) were assessed in confirmatory factor analysis, yielding good model fit indices for the four-factor structure, high reliability ([alpha] = 0.92) and adequate convergent validity. To summarise, the EduSEL-R questionnaire exhibits closer alignment with the CASEL framework and encompasses additional SEL competencies. Thus, the current study contributes to the advancement of a comprehensive SEL assessment.
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Ethics, Problem Solving, Item Analysis, Questionnaires, Self Management, Goodness of Fit, Evaluation Methods, Metacognition, Interpersonal Competence, Masters Programs, Mentors, Principals, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Validity, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Educational Psychology, Counselor Attitudes, Specialists, Student Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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