Okonofua et al., 2016: Having middle-school teachers take an empathic mindset towards student misbehavior reduced suspension rates over the school year
Reference:
Okonofua, J. A., Paunesku, D., & Walton, G. M. (2016). Brief intervention to encourage empathic discipline cuts suspension rates in half among adolescents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(19), 5221-5226.
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Two online exercises encouraging middle-school teachers to take on an empathic rather than punitive mindset about student misbehavior—to understand misbehaving students’ experience and perspective, to sustain positive relationships, and to work with students to improve behavior—reduced suspension rates among students by 50% over the school year.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Personal and Social ExperiencesApproach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Changing beliefs in and about interpersonal conflicts and interactionsHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
How can I better manage this conflict?How can I better manage this conflict?Psychological Question Addressed
How can I better manage this conflict?Psychological Process 2:
Psychological Process 3:
Social Area:
Education
Intervention Technique:
Increasing commitment through action, saying-is-believing