Social and emotional learning competencies: A content analysis of Caldecott medal award winning texts published from 1994-2019

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dc.contributor.advisorValadez, Corinne
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, Maureen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKachorsky, Danielle
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGerlach, Jennifer
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBabbili, Anantha
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4146-1984en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-20T14:40:38Z
dc.date.available2022-04-20T14:40:38Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation studied the social and emotional learning competencies found within the Caldecott Medal Award winning texts from 1994 through 2019. Social and emotional learning took root in the 1990s and is now part of mainstream culture in schools across the United States. Research has been completed on the effects of social and emotional learning, how it can be incorporated into public schools, and places within the daily school curriculum where it can be integrated. The subject area of English language arts has been described as an effective vehicle for social and emotional learning, and children’s literature a useful tool for social and emotional learning lessons. However, there are gaps in the literature regarding how social and emotional learning competencies are exhibited in children’s literature. In response, this study was directed at exploring how the competencies are illustrated in the Randolph Caldecott Medal Award winning texts from 1994 – 2019. A qualitative content analysis was conducted in which the researcher created, refined, and used an evaluative instrument which engaged the compositional and ideational meta functions to analyze the data corpus. The study found that there was a plethora of social and emotional learning competencies within the sample. Further, when it came to the competencies there were trends within the data corpus which can be used to inform the teaching of social and emotional learning lessons using these texts. From the findings, four assertions were created: 1) the Randolph Caldecott Medal Award winning texts from 1994 – 2019 are a potentially good source for the integration of social and emotional learning and literacy skills; 2) the data corpus is a possible wellspring for bibliotherapeutic social and emotional learning lessons; 3) within the data corpus, certain genres of children’s literature are better suited to teaching specific social and emotional learning competencies; 4) examples and non-examples of social and emotional learning competencies found within the sample can be used to teach social and emotional learning competencies.en_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Education and Human Developmenten_US
dc.description.departmentEducational Leadership, Curriculum & Instructionen_US
dc.format.extent128 pagesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/90477
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subjectcaldecott awarden_US
dc.subjectelementaryen_US
dc.subjectliteracyen_US
dc.subjectpicturebooken_US
dc.subjectreading instructionen_US
dc.subjectsocial emotional learningen_US
dc.titleSocial and emotional learning competencies: A content analysis of Caldecott medal award winning texts published from 1994-2019en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreDissertationen_US
dcterms.typeText
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum & Instructionen_US
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M University--Corpus Christien_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US

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