TY - JOUR
T1 - Educational Effectiveness of An Intervention Programme for Social-Emotional Learning
AU - Sheard, Mary Kathryn
AU - Ross, Steven
AU - Cheung, Alan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The article presents a critical reflection of the use of mixed and blended methods in the first two years of a three year longitudinal randomised evaluation of PATHS (NI), a social and emotional intervention programme introduced in schools in a region of Northern Ireland (NI) traditionally characterised by religious and cultural diversity. Implementation of the PATHS (NI) programme began in six schools for children aged 4 to 11 in September 2008 as a pilot phase of the programme's development. The article reports how the analyses of data obtained from mixed and blended methods produced complementary and contrasting results, and how this tension produced meaningful evaluation findings. Conclusions are drawn about the evaluation process and the contribution made by interviews with key stakeholders, teacher ratings of pupil behaviour, and lesson observations to our understanding of the educational effectiveness of a relatively newly-developed social and emotional intervention programme.
AB - The article presents a critical reflection of the use of mixed and blended methods in the first two years of a three year longitudinal randomised evaluation of PATHS (NI), a social and emotional intervention programme introduced in schools in a region of Northern Ireland (NI) traditionally characterised by religious and cultural diversity. Implementation of the PATHS (NI) programme began in six schools for children aged 4 to 11 in September 2008 as a pilot phase of the programme's development. The article reports how the analyses of data obtained from mixed and blended methods produced complementary and contrasting results, and how this tension produced meaningful evaluation findings. Conclusions are drawn about the evaluation process and the contribution made by interviews with key stakeholders, teacher ratings of pupil behaviour, and lesson observations to our understanding of the educational effectiveness of a relatively newly-developed social and emotional intervention programme.
U2 - 10.5172/mra.2012.6.3.264
DO - 10.5172/mra.2012.6.3.264
M3 - Article
SN - 1834-0806
VL - 6
SP - 264
EP - 284
JO - International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches
JF - International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches
IS - 3
ER -