Participation Type
Paper
Presentation #1 Title
Teaching Emotions: Why It Has Economic Impact
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
This research examines five separate studies conducted between fall 2015 and the present in a rural Appalachian Kentucky high school on emotional intelligence (EI) and the suggestions from those findings. Four studies consisted of small convenience samples and one used a random selection of 50 high schools students who were then randomly divided into treatment and control groups. These studies were mixed-method studies that consisted of both quantitative and qualitative data. All of the studies were pre/posttest designs and utilized EI and Empathy instructional lessons over durations from two to 16 weeks. Each participant completed the Social Emotional Learning General Survey (SELGS), a researcher-designed socioeconomic and interest survey. The quantitative data was collected with various instruments; the largest study utilizing the valid and reliable Six Seconds® Social Emotional Learning-Youth Version (SEL-YV). The data was analyzed with either a dependent one-way T-test or Wilcoxon Ranked Pairs, depending on the sample size. The data suggests that adolescent EI and Empathy is a concern and that the apparent deficiencies have an economic impact for the future of rural Appalachia.
Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, SELGS, Six Seconds®, and SEL-YV
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Michael C. Melton has worked in the Letcher County Public Schools, Whitesburg, Kentucky for his entire 22 years as a social studies teacher, coach, school administrator, athletic administrator, and in pupil transportation. He completed his doctorate in P-12 Educational Leadership at Morehead State University in 2016. Besides research interests in emotional intelligence and social emotional learning, he also is interested in leadership philosophy, Appalachian religious beliefs and practices, and Appalachian History. He was a co-director with Rebecca Potter during the 2017 school year on the student documentary Piling Up Stones: A Collection of Mountain Memories and Wisdoms that can be viewed on YouTube under that title.
Conference Subthemes
Education, Economic Development
Teaching Emotions: Why It Has Economic Impact
This research examines five separate studies conducted between fall 2015 and the present in a rural Appalachian Kentucky high school on emotional intelligence (EI) and the suggestions from those findings. Four studies consisted of small convenience samples and one used a random selection of 50 high schools students who were then randomly divided into treatment and control groups. These studies were mixed-method studies that consisted of both quantitative and qualitative data. All of the studies were pre/posttest designs and utilized EI and Empathy instructional lessons over durations from two to 16 weeks. Each participant completed the Social Emotional Learning General Survey (SELGS), a researcher-designed socioeconomic and interest survey. The quantitative data was collected with various instruments; the largest study utilizing the valid and reliable Six Seconds® Social Emotional Learning-Youth Version (SEL-YV). The data was analyzed with either a dependent one-way T-test or Wilcoxon Ranked Pairs, depending on the sample size. The data suggests that adolescent EI and Empathy is a concern and that the apparent deficiencies have an economic impact for the future of rural Appalachia.
Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, SELGS, Six Seconds®, and SEL-YV
