Health and well-being in the middle grades : research for effective middle level education

"Current research around the middle grades has brought a heightened attention by teachers, policymakers, and researchers recognizing that this stage is a time when a students' health and social and emotional well-being directly impacts their academic progress. To date, school leaders and t...

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Other Authors Main, Katherine M. (Editor), Whatman, Susan (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP | Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2023]
SeriesHandbook of research in middle level education series.
Subjects
Middle school education > Research > United States.
Teenagers > Education (Middle school) > United States.
Affective education > United States.
Teacher effectiveness > United States.
Education > Schools > Levels > Elementary.
Counselling and care of students.
Primary and middle schools.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806602179
DOI10.1108/9798887302034
Physical Description1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1. Health and well-being in the middle grades: An Introduction / Katherine Main and Susan Whatman
  • Section I: Contextualizing wellbeing
  • Chapter 2. Young adolescent health and well-being: The relevant literature / Steven B. Mertens and Micki M. Caskey
  • Chapter 3. Social and emotional well-being: Implications for student success in the middle grades in Australia / Natalie McMaster, Donna Barwood, and Michael C. Nagel
  • Chapter 4. Bodies, brains, and besties: Exploring student perspectives on middle grades transitions / Elizabeth Coleman
  • Chapter 5. Connecting with local greenspaces: Well-being pedagogies for middle years' students and teachers / Alison Sammel
  • Chapter 6. Compassion fatigue: Taking care of the caretaker / Kathleen Hammel and Sara Truebridge
  • Section II: Student well-being
  • Chapter 7. Intersections between young adolescent well-being and schooling / Penny A. Bishop and Emily Nelson
  • Chapter 8. Young adolescent girls' cyberbullying workarounds: Fear, worry, fitting in, and helping out / Roberta Thompson
  • Chapter 9. Trauma-informed support of young adolescent students in foster care / Stacie K. Pettit, Milisa Ziegler, and Margaux H. Brown
  • Chapter 10. Supporting teachers through mindfulness practices: The impact of mindfulness intervention for middle grades teachers to support the development of academic optimism / Janeen Goree and Nancy Akhavan
  • Section III: Teacher well-being
  • Chapter 11. In-school psychosocial support: Meeting the needs of young adolescent learners and supporting teachers in South Africa / Ajwang' Warria and Kerry-Jane Coleman
  • Chapter 12. How to create environments that support the psychological safety of teachers in the middle grades / Alison S. Willis
  • Chapter 13. Ready to learn: Supporting and promoting the social and emotional well-being of adolescent learners through a free online learning platform / Donna Pendergast and Katherine Main
  • Chapter 14. Future directions for research in health and well-being in the middle grades / Susan Whatman and Katherine Main. About the Editors. About the Contributors.

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