Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning

• Select one of two elements from the session that you found particularly relevant to your life. Apply ideas from
the lecture/reading to understand better your own behaviour, emotions, personality and interactions during the
session, or in other times/events in your life. You may also state how your learning has been/may be relevant
to children in your care.
• Theoretical ideas should be referenced using Harvard referencing (No minimum)
Please see: cite them right - http://www.citethemrightonline.com
READ THE INFORMATION BELOW! ITS ALL ABOUT THE SESSION YOU NEED TO WRITE ABOUT )
Week 3 Effects of Family Structure and Dynamics
Before the Session: Read the following two articles (pdfs also uploaded below),and answer these questions.
Reading 1; Parenting and Emotional Intelligence
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1066480710387486
Read the Abstract
What is emotional intelligence according to Salovey and Mayer, 1990)?
What do aspects of parenting styles (responsiveness and demandingness) correlate with? p.57
What evidence is there that parenting styles correlate with emotional knowledge, emotional understanding and
emotional regulation? Create a small table from the info on p. 58
Reading 2 - Fathers after Divorce
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10964-015-0399-5.pdf
Read abstract, lit review and rationale p581-582
Read methods and procedures p584 - What methods are used in the research?
What does the graph on p.587 tell us about the relationship between father support, parental conflict,
internalisation probs (child's anxiety) and externalisation probs (child's behaviour). Read conclusion p. 591
During the Session; Discuss reading. Effects of family structure (parents/siblings), roles and communication on
children’s social and emotional development and well-being. Impact on education. Lecture, messages activity
& discussion.
Complete a journal entry and discuss (using your learning on the topic) how some of the following have
particularly influenced your life;
Parental responsiveness, Emotional Intelligence, Father absence & affect on emotions, Family structure &
communication, Messages heard from parents, Sibling roles