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The Effects Of Individual And School Mindfulness On The Academic Optimism In Schools In North Alabama
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Book Synopsis The Effects of Individual and School Mindfulness on the Academic Optimism in Schools in North Alabama by : Joanna Dowdle May
Download or read book The Effects of Individual and School Mindfulness on the Academic Optimism in Schools in North Alabama written by Joanna Dowdle May and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examined the relationship between mindfulness and academic optimism in schools in North Alabama. Academic optimism is a construct made of up the tenets of collective efficacy, faculty trust, and academic emphasis. Mindfulness, individual and organizational, joins academic optimism to create meaningful leadership strategies that can be used develop more effective school. It was hypothesized in the study that the greater degree of a school individual and organizational mindfulness, the greater the degree of academic optimism. Additionally, it was hypothesized that the variable of socio-economic status (SES) of the school would have a significant impact on mindfulness and academic optimism of the school. This study examined three school systems located in Northern Alabama with a total of 577 elementary, middle, and high school teachers in 39 schools. Two survey instruments and the SES of each school were used to address these inquiries. Mindfulness was measured using the School Mindfulness Scale (Hoy & Gage, 2003) and academic optimism was measured using the School Academic Optimism Survey (Hoy, 2005). As predicted, the hypotheses addressing mindfulness and academic optimism were supported by the outcomes from this study which demonstrated that the greater the degree of a school (organizational) mindfulness, the greater the degree of the school academic optimism. Significantly, results for socio-economic status (SES) showed that influence of socio-economic status was minimal. The study confirmed much of the literature in regard to the relationships of organizational mindfulness, which is, but not limited to practicing an open, creative, multi-perspective state of being, academic optimism, and SES.
Book Synopsis Mindfulness and Academic Optimism by : Robert Lewis Sims
Download or read book Mindfulness and Academic Optimism written by Robert Lewis Sims and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between mindfulness and academic optimism was investigated. Further, mindfulness and the three properties of academic optimism (collective efficacy, faculty trust in parents and student, and academic emphasis) were examined to determine if a unique and significant relationship exist with one of these three properties. A total of 67 elementary schools were surveyed and 1353 teachers participated in this study. The instruments used in this study were the School Academic Optimism Scale (SAOS) and the Mindfulness Scale (M-Scale). The results indicated that a significant reciprocal relationship exist between mindfulness and academic optimism. A unique and significant relationship was found between mindfulness and academic emphasis. The findings between mindfulness and academic optimism provide theory that does not exist which relates these two constructs. Other findings are congruent with previous theory that mindfulness and academic emphasis have a significant relationship. Unhypothesized findings showed that socio economic status coupled with mindfulness is a strong predictor of academic optimism.
Book Synopsis Academic Optimism and Organizational Climate as Predictors of Academic Achievement and School Effectiveness by : Nicole Danielle Vaux
Download or read book Academic Optimism and Organizational Climate as Predictors of Academic Achievement and School Effectiveness written by Nicole Danielle Vaux and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation into the relationship of organizational climate and academic optimism as predictors of student achievement and school effectiveness was conducted. De-identified secondary data from 67 elementary schools in the Northern portion of Alabama were used. The instrumentation for this study included School Academic Optimism Survey (SAOS), Organizational Climate Index (OCI), the Index of Perceived Organizational Effectiveness (IPOE) which is now known as the SE Index (School Effectiveness Index), a composite score for Academic Achievement (AA), and socioeconomic status (SES). Ordinary Least Squares Block Regression method was used to test the effects of the independent variables separately and together on school effectiveness and academic achievement. The results suggested that all variables had a moderate correlation with each other. Also, when controlling for SES both optimism and climate served as independent predictors for achievement and effectiveness. When entered into a regression model together while controlling for SES, climate predicted achievement while optimism did not. This was likely due to the small sample size as compared to the number of predictors in the model. Both climate and optimism served as predictors for effectiveness when in the regression model. The results of this study lend further support to the importance of School Academic Optimism and Organizational Climate as predictors of academic achievement and organizational effectiveness.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Mindfulness in Education by : Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl
Download or read book Handbook of Mindfulness in Education written by Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook addresses the educational uses of mindfulness in schools. It summarizes the state of the science and describes current and emerging applications and challenges throughout the field. It explores mindfulness concepts in scientific, theoretical, and practical terms and examines training opportunities both as an aspect of teachers’ professional development and a means to enhance students’ social-emotional and academic skills. Chapters discuss mindfulness and contemplative pedagogy programs that have produced positive student outcomes, including stress relief, self-care, and improved classroom and institutional engagement. Featured topics include: A comprehensive view of mindfulness in the modern era. Contemplative education and the roots of resilience. Mindfulness practice and its effect on students’ social-emotional learning. A cognitive neuroscience perspective on mindfulness in education that addresses students’ academic and social skills development. Mindfulness training for teachers and administrators. Two universal mindfulness education programs for elementary and middle school students. The Handbook of Mindfulness in Education is a must-have resource for researchers, graduate students, clinicians, and practitioners in psychology, psychiatry, education, and medicine, as well as counseling, social work, and rehabilitation therapy.
Book Synopsis Mindfulness in the Academy by : Narelle Lemon
Download or read book Mindfulness in the Academy written by Narelle Lemon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the way academics understand, embrace and enact the concepts of mindfulness in approaching their work in demanding and dynamic contemporary higher education environments. It examines how they implement formal and informal mindfulness practices that increase the capacity to transform mind and body states by drawing on concepts such as compassion, kindness, gratitude, curiosity, self-awareness and non-judgemental stances. The book provides insights into and highlights the struggles of scholars through their experiences and perspectives in relation to their identities, practices and job enactment. Each chapter author explains their mindfulness practices and their motivations for implementing them, and explores how mindful ways of researching, writing, learning and teaching, leading, and engaging with others leads us to self-awareness and engagement in the present.
Download or read book ISET 2019 written by Farid Ahmadi and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2019-06-29 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings of International Conference on Science, Education, and Technology 2019 are the compilation of articles in the internationally refereed conference dedicated to promote acceleration of scientific and technological innovation and the utilization of technology in assisting pedagogical process.
Book Synopsis Everybody Present by : Nikolaj Rotne
Download or read book Everybody Present written by Nikolaj Rotne and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody Present illustrates the transformative effects of mindfulness on educators, students, and their classrooms. Using concrete examples, Didde and Nikolaj Flor Rotne present a mode of classroom engagement that reduces stress to make room for thoughtful learning. A working manual addressed to everyone in the educational universe, Everybody Present presents real-world applications grounded in solid research. Stories, exercises, and case studies demonstrate the effectiveness of mindful practices across all areas of education. By exploring the challenges of teaching, Everybody Present will help all educators transform feelings of inadequacy into experiences of abundance. Everybody Present seeks to create a new kind of culture in our schools: one that counters stress and facilitates learning. It reframes the student-teacher relationship, showing teachers how to supplant antagonism and foster strong relationships by planting seeds of mindfulness in their students and encouraging them to embark on a mindfulness practice of their own. Everybody Present is intended to contribute to the creation of a culture throughout the educational system writ large, working against stress and victim mentality to set in motion a revolution of silence, allowing each individual the experience of inter-being, inner calm, and joy.
Book Synopsis A POSITIVE FORCE by : Kathryn Yawin Veronesi
Download or read book A POSITIVE FORCE written by Kathryn Yawin Veronesi and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on academic optimism and school practices has shown a positive correlation with student achievement at the high school level. Academic optimism includes the school properties of collective efficacy, academic emphasis, and faculty trust. School practices include various endeavors that involve staff and impact student performance. This study examines both concepts and academic achievement in five high schools. Findings are that the schools that demonstrate the highest level of academic achievement also have clearly delineated processes for school practice and are able to articulate them. Those schools with the highest measured student achievement also scored highest on the school practice measures that measured schools' use of goal setting, improvement strategies, common meeting time content and structure related to the Professional Learning Community structure. Effective school practice activities could produce positive outcomes in student performance.
Book Synopsis Relationships Among Perceptions of Professional Learning Communities, School Academic Optimism, and Student Achievement in Alabama Middle and High Schools by : Amanda Hitson Cassity
Download or read book Relationships Among Perceptions of Professional Learning Communities, School Academic Optimism, and Student Achievement in Alabama Middle and High Schools written by Amanda Hitson Cassity and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among perceptions of professional learning communities, school academic optimism, and student achievement in Alabama middle and high schools. Quantitative data were collected through online surveys and hard copy surveys during the spring of 2012. The study was driven by research questions involving the relationship between teachers' and principals' perceptions that their school is a learning community and the level of academic optimism in those schools; the relationship between teachers' and principals' perceptions their school is a learning community and the level of student achievement; the comparison of school levels with teachers' and principals' perceptions; and the joint contribution of the perceptions of professional learning communities (PLCs) and academic optimism on student achievement. Two surveys were used: the School Professional Staff as Learning Community Questionnaire (SPSLCQ) and the School Academic Optimism Survey (SAOS), measuring participants' perceptions of their schools as learning communities and participants' perceptions of the level of academic optimism at their schools, respectively. Seven hundred three teachers and administrators from 59 schools across the state of Alabama were surveyed. Data were compared using correlations, t-tests, and regression analyses. Results confirmed findings from prior research regarding the relationship between academic optimism and student achievement. In addition, evidence showed that there is a positive, significant correlation between the perceptions of PLCs and academic optimism. Results of this study give school leaders tools with which to address the factors that lead to improved teacher efficacy and academic emphasis and thus increased student achievement.
Book Synopsis Mindfulness and Education by : Tamara Ditrich
Download or read book Mindfulness and Education written by Tamara Ditrich and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With mindfulness initiatives currently highly topical in a range of academic, therapeutic and other domains, new applications of mindfulness have begun to appear in educational settings. This accumulation of twelve research-focused papers contributes to the nascent field of mindfulness in education by exploring practical implementations, as well as theoretical concerns within a range of educational contexts. The contributions in this volume reflect and capture the diversity of approaches to research-linked mindfulness programmes being implemented in contemporary education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Ranging across a number of disciplines, the chapters contribute to work on mindfulness in psychology, education theory, and Buddhist studies. From the evidence provided here, it is shown that the implementation of mindfulness in educational settings is certainly worthwhile, while appropriately rigorous research methods are still being developed.
Book Synopsis Adolescents at Risk by : Joy G. Dryfoos
Download or read book Adolescents at Risk written by Joy G. Dryfoos and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-08-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven million youngsters--one in four adolescents--have only limited potential for becoming productive adults because they are at high risk for encountering serious problems at home, in school, or in their communities. This is one of the disturbing findings in this unique overview of what is known about young people aged 10 to 17 growing up in the United States today. The book explores four problem areas that are the subject of a great deal of public interest and social concern: delinquency, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and school failure. In examining these problem areas, Dryfoos has three objectives: to present a more cogent picture of adolescents who are at risk of problem behaviors and where they fit in society; to synthesize the experience of programs that have been successful in changing various aspects of these behaviors; and to propose strategies for using this knowledge base to implement more effective approaches to helping youngsters succeed. Among the key concepts emerging from this study are the importance of intense individual attention, social skills training, exposure to the world of work, and packaging components in broad, community-wide interventions. Schools are recognized as the focal institution in prevention, not only in regard to helping children achieve academically, but in giving young people access to social support and health programs. The author also proposes comprehensive youth development initiatives at the local, state and national level, based on programs shown to be effective in real practice. This landmark, state-of-the-art study represents an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the welfare and current problems of youth, including psychologists, sociologists, school administrators, state and federal officials, policymakers, and concerned parents.
Book Synopsis Mindful School. Mindful Community by : Frankie Engelking
Download or read book Mindful School. Mindful Community written by Frankie Engelking and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Personal Well-Being Lessons For Secondary Schools: Positive Psychology In Action For 11 To 14 Year Olds by : Boniwell, Ilona
Download or read book Personal Well-Being Lessons For Secondary Schools: Positive Psychology In Action For 11 To 14 Year Olds written by Boniwell, Ilona and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers practitioners working with 11-14 year olds, a highly practical education resource for running well being lessons.
Book Synopsis Mental health of higher education students by : Agnes Lai
Download or read book Mental health of higher education students written by Agnes Lai and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Impact of Academic Optimism on Student Achievement in Five Middle Schools by : Rita Hickey Teague
Download or read book The Impact of Academic Optimism on Student Achievement in Five Middle Schools written by Rita Hickey Teague and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faculty trust in students and parents was a statistically significant predictor for the percentage of students scoring at the average level and the low average/low level. None of the predictor variables was statistically significant for the percentage of students scoring at the average level for MAP Reading or MAP Science. Study results indicate that school administrators and teachers must work to build trust with parents and students and create a culture stressing academic excellence as both could help improve student achievement.
Book Synopsis Academic Optimism, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, and Student Achievement at Charter Schools by : Mustafa Guvercin
Download or read book Academic Optimism, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, and Student Achievement at Charter Schools written by Mustafa Guvercin and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Examining the Relationship Between Academic Optimism and Student Achivement by : Bryan S Hallmark
Download or read book Examining the Relationship Between Academic Optimism and Student Achivement written by Bryan S Hallmark and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic optimism is a relatively new construct that combines collective efficacy, academic emphasis, and faculty trust in students and parents. The cumulative measure represents a robust picture of the social interactions within a school that influences the beliefs, behaviors and emotions of organizational members. Academic optimism has been established as a predictor of student achievement controlling for student socioeconomic status. However, past studies have not included student ethnicity in statistical models utilized to test the effect of academic optimism on student achievement, even though research and state achievement data show gaps among students of color and Anglo students that are just as substantial as those identified along socioeconomic. Additionally, there was a need to determine if academic optimism is simply a product of school context or if there is additional variance left to be explained by psychosocial interactions within schools. Therefore, the intent of this study was threefold: first, examine the relationships between the theoretical underpinnings of collective efficacy, academic emphasis, and faculty trust in students and parents; second, produce a more rigorous test of the effect of academic optimism on student achievement by including student ethnicity in addition to other student background characteristics; and third, determine to what magnitude school context explains a schools level of academic optimism. The author utilized multi-level analysis to test the relationship between school academic optimism and student achievement controlling for student ethnicity, socioeconomic status, previous achievement and school size within a new sample. The relationship between school academic optimism and school context was tested by employing multiple regression analysis. In a sample of 10,464 students nested within 97 elementary schools the author was able to determine that academic optimism is a positive predictor of student math and reading achievement. Furthermore, academic optimism is capable of mediating the negative relationships existing between both low socioeconomic status (SES) and student of color status and student achievement. Additionally, the studied revealed that only 52% of the variance in school level academic optimism is determined by school context. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149294
