Improving social and emotional learning for schoolgirls: An impact study of curriculum-based socio-emotional education in rural Uganda

2021
Uganda continues to face challenges in closing the gender gap in education for adolescent girls. Socio-emotional factors such as self-esteem and perceptions of social support are critical in determining educational outcomes for girls. This study investigates the impacts of a socioemotional learning curriculum implemented in 10 schools located in Isingiro district of southwestern Uganda. Compared to schools included in a control group, we find improvements in a majority of the socio-emotional indicators targeted by the curriculum including self-efficacy, responsible decision-making, and perceptions of women's equality to men. We also find improvements in mental health indicators for girls who participated in the curriculum.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
卷号:108
ISSN:0883-0355
收录类型
SSCI
发表日期
2021
学科领域
循证教育学
国家
美国
语种
英语
DOI
10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101778
其他关键词
ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT; SELF-ESTEEM; UNIVERSAL; METAANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; CHILDREN; INTERVENTIONS; VALIDITY
EISSN
1873-538X
资助机构
UNAIDS (Geneva) [PG005551]
资助信息
This research was funded by UNAIDS (Geneva) under grant #PG005551. The sponsor had no role in the study design, the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in writing of the report or the decision to submit the article for publication.
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引更新日期
2022-01
来源机构
Columbia University Inova Health System Eisai Co Ltd Columbia University
关键词
Social and emotional learning Curriculum development Psychosocial impacts Adolescent girls Self-esteem Self-efficacy Responsible choices Uganda