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dc.contributor.advisorMastrangelo, Sonia
dc.contributor.advisorLawson, Alex
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Casey C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-10T13:27:31Z
dc.date.available2022-05-10T13:27:31Z
dc.date.created2021
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/4913
dc.description.abstractThere is growing concern about the mental health and resilience of today’s students (McCain, Mustard, and Shanker, 2007) and difficulties with self-regulation as part of human development are implicated in educational outcomes, cognitive problems, internalizing problems such as depression and anxiety, externalizing problems such as aggression, and physical health problems (McCain et al, 2007; Shanker, 2010). Self-regulation is a growing topic of interest in a variety of disciplines including education. With over 42 961 peer reviewed journal articles which use the term “self-regulation”, it is not surprising that there are 447 different interpretations of what self-regulation means in the literature (Burman et al., 2015), which makes it difficult for educators to interpret and apply it in their respective classrooms. Due to recent advances in neuroscience, the Ontario Ministry of Education shifted towards a neurophysiological framework on the Self-Regulation and Well-Being Frame of the Kindergarten Program. The current study examined which frameworks kindergarten educators were using by analyzing the ways they described and facilitated self-regulation in the classroom within a school board in northern Ontario through surveys, interviews, progress reports, and classroom observations. Findings revealed that educators: have little experience and training with resources aligned with the Kindergarten Program’s approach to self-regulation, describe self-regulation as self-control, and facilitate self-regulation using a learning strategies approach. Educators were observed using fewer than a third of ministry self-regulation recommendations in the classroom. Implications and recommendations for aligning educator practices with the Kindergarten Program’s framework are discussed, including the limitations of pre-packaged programs currently in use and the advantages of adopting a neurophysiological approach to understanding self-regulation.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectSelf-regulationen_US
dc.subjectKindergarten educatorsen_US
dc.subjectNeurophysiologyen_US
dc.subjectStudent-teacher relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectClassroom environmenten_US
dc.subjectProfessional developmenten_US
dc.titleFrom paper to practice: educator understanding and facilitation of self-regulation in the kindergarten classroomen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
etd.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
etd.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
etd.degree.disciplineEducationen_US
etd.degree.grantorLakehead Universityen_US


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