Date Approved
4-23-2024
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
College of Education
First Advisor
Sherie Klee
Academic Year
2023/2024
Abstract
Social-emotional skills and student relationships have been researched for years, yet there are still school systems who seek to punish students when they have conflict instead of teaching them the way to manage their emotions. To learn in school is to be social, there cannot be one without the other. In order for students to do their best learning, it is important for them to be able to handle conflict in a healthy way and repair peer relationships. This project examines the benefits of teaching social-emotional skills, in addition to implementing a peer mentoring program in an effort to equip students with the tools needed to solve conflict. The hope is that teaching students to manage their emotions and support each other in their efforts to restore relationships, that teachers will be able to focus more on academic learning instead of solving student conflict.
ScholarWorks Citation
Parker, Brittany M., "Study of the lack of student ability to repair relationships among school peers" (2024). Culminating Experience Projects. 440.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/440
