Investigation of Secondary School Students’ Social-Emotional Learning and Friendship-Making Skills in Terms of Various Variables

Hakan Öngören; Ali Yılmaz

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Investigation of Secondary School Students’ Social-Emotional Learning and Friendship-Making Skills in Terms of Various Variables

Abstract

Social and emotional development is the child’s ability to express himself, establish relationships, recognize himself, adapt to his social environment, and restrain his emotions. Because of this situation, developing children’s social and emotional learning skills is important in increasing their academic success, improving their friendship-making skills in the social environment, developing positive peer relationships, and improving the relationships established in the family environment. This research also aims to examine the social-emotional learning abilities of secondary school students, their friendship making skills with age, gender, classroom, daily phone and computer usage time, and their ability to use digital technologies variables. A sampling of this research’s universe (n = 415) and sample (n = 380) were students studying in seventh and eighth grades at secondary schools in the Kartal district of Istanbul. In this research using the correlational survey model, the data was analyzed in three stages. İt has been determined with a descriptive relational/related model found that social and emotional learning levels increased and that male students had higher social-emotional and relationship-making skills than female students; less daily phone use was higher than students with high social-emotional and friendship-making skills. Finally, secondary school students are becoming more and more able to relate as the level of social-emotional learning increases. Research improving the status of students at a disadvantage in social and emotional learning in this regard will offer positive contributions to developing their relationship skills.

Keywords

Making friendship skills , secondary school students , social relationships , social and emotional learning

Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Sosyal-Duygusal Öğrenme ve Arkadaşlık Kurma Becerilerinin Çeşitli Değişkenler Yönünden İncelenmesi

Öz

Sosyal ve duygusal gelişim, çocuğun kendini ifade edebilme, ilişkiler kurabilme, kendini tanıyabilme, sosyal çevresine uyum sağlayabilme, duygularını dizginleyebilme becerisidir. Bu amaçla çocukların sosyal ve duygusal öğrenme becerilerinin geliştirilmesi, onların akademik başarılarının artması, sosyal ortamda arkadaşlık kurma becerilerinin geliştirilmesi, olumlu akran ilişkilerinin geliştirilmesi ve aile ortamında kurulan ilişkilerin geliştirilmesi açısından önemlidir. Bu araştırmada aynı zamanda ortaokul öğrencilerinin sosyal-duygusal öğrenme yeteneklerini, arkadaşlık kurma becerilerini yaş, cinsiyet, sınıf, günlük telefon ve bilgisayar kullanım süresi ve dijital teknolojileri kullanma becerileri değişkenleriyle incelemeyi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırmanın evrenini (n=415) ve örneklemini (n=380) İstanbul ili Kartal ilçesindeki ortaokulların yedinci ve sekizinci sınıflarında öğrenim gören öğrenciler oluşturmuştur. Tarama modelinin kullanıldığı bu araştırmada veriler üç aşamada analiz edilmiştir. Tanımlayıcı ilişkisel/ilişkili modelle analiz edilen araştırmada, sosyal ve duygusal öğrenme düzeylerinin arttığı, erkek öğrencilerin sosyal-duygusal ve ilişki kurma becerilerinin kız öğrencilere göre daha yüksek olduğu; daha az günlük telefon kullanımı, sosyal-duygusal ve ilişki kurma becerileri yüksek olan öğrencilere göre daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır. Son olarak, ortaokul öğrencileri sosyal-duygusal öğrenme düzeyi arttıkça giderek daha fazla ilişki kurabilmektedirler. Bu konuda sosyal ve duygusal öğrenmede dezavantajlı durumda olan öğrencilerin durumlarının iyileştirilmesine yönelik araştırmalar, onların ilişki kurma becerilerinin geliştirilmesine olumlu katkılar sunacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Arkadaşlık edinme becerileri , ortaokul öğrencileri , sosyal ilişkiler , sosyal ve duygusal öğrenme

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Psychology Education , Learning Sciences , Specialist Studies in Education (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hakan Öngören ^*
0000-0003-3142-8184
Türkiye

Ali Yılmaz
0000-0002-1810-943X
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 28, 2024

Submission Date

November 15, 2023

Acceptance Date

June 20, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Number: 60

DOI

https://doi.org/10.53444/deubefd.1391617

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA56FC66LP

APA

Öngören, H., & Yılmaz, A. (2024). Investigation of Secondary School Students’ Social-Emotional Learning and Friendship-Making Skills in Terms of Various Variables. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 60, 1135-1153. https://doi.org/10.53444/deubefd.1391617

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