Effects of a Four Weeks Social Emotional and Ethical Learning Training in Brazilian Public School Teachers

Sponsor

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05234073

Collaborator

Emory University (Other), GaiaMais (Other), Instituto Sidarta (Other), Universidade Federal do ABC (Other)

1,500

Enrollment

Locations

Arms

Anticipated Duration (Months)

750

Patients Per Site

46.9

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has gained importance in recent years and has been taught in several schools to support students in how to recognize and manage emotions, develop empathy, build cooperative relationships, solve problems effectively, and gain skills of communication. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of a training of 4-week Social Emotional and Ethical Learning on stress, well-being, socioemotional learning literacy, positive and negative affect, attention, and competent. This study will also assess the perception of teachers about training and its impact on their teaching skills and in personal life. Methods: Elementary and Secondary School Teachers public in Brazil (N = 1,500) will be invited to participate in the SEE training Learning. After signing the Free and Informed Consent Term, the they will be randomized into two groups A and B. Both groups will be before the experiment (T0), after one month (T1) and after two months (T2). ONE SEE Learning Training (SEELT) and B will be a checklist control group. Standby (WLC) for one month. After that, B will receive SEELT and A will not receive intervention, but will be guided to maintain the practices learned. RESULTS EXPECTED: The groups after receiving the SEELT should present better results relating to their socio-emotional skills, stress management, increase in well-being and knowledge about these skills, are still so, better prepared to teach their students.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Social Emotional Learning	Behavioral: SEE Learning Online Training Behavioral: Waiting list	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

1500 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Crossover Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

Teachers from the Public Education Network will be randomly assigned to paired classes. While one is attending the four-week online course classes and responding to the perceived mood states assessment questionnaires, the next class will be the control group and will be on hold until the next month answering the same emotional assessment questionnaires.Teachers from the Public Education Network will be randomly assigned to paired classes. While one is attending the four-week online course classes and responding to the perceived mood states assessment questionnaires, the next class will be the control group and will be on hold until the next month answering the same emotional assessment questionnaires.

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Masking Description:

Teachers will be randomly distributed between the control and intervention groups without knowing which one they will participate in or the progress of the other class's processes.

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

Effects of a Four Weeks Social Emotional and Ethical Learning Training in Brazilian Public School Teachers: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Actual Study Start Date :

Mar 1, 2022

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Jun 1, 2022

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Jul 1, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Experimental: A (first group to receive the intervention) The class will be instructed in the social emotional and ethical learning (SEELearning) for 4 weeks.	Behavioral: SEE Learning Online Training This intervention includes classes about socioemotional learning theory and practice, topics related to ethics and well-being practices
Experimental: Experimental: B (second group to receive the intervention) This arm will not receive intervention in the first month and will receive SEE Learning after this period.	Behavioral: SEE Learning Online Training This intervention includes classes about socioemotional learning theory and practice, topics related to ethics and well-being practices Behavioral: Waiting list This group will wait for one month to receive SEE Learning Online Training

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Experimental: A (first group to receive the intervention)

The class will be instructed in the social emotional and ethical learning (SEELearning) for 4 weeks.

Behavioral: SEE Learning Online Training

This intervention includes classes about socioemotional learning theory and practice, topics related to ethics and well-being practices

Experimental: Experimental: B (second group to receive the intervention)

This arm will not receive intervention in the first month and will receive SEE Learning after this period.

Behavioral: SEE Learning Online Training

This intervention includes classes about socioemotional learning theory and practice, topics related to ethics and well-being practices

Behavioral: Waiting list

This group will wait for one month to receive SEE Learning Online Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change in stress [1 month]
The authors will evaluate stress using the 10-item perceived stress scale. Higher values means worse stress. 2. change in attention The authors will apply the Perceived Stress Scale
Change in well-being perception [1 month]
The authors will evaluate well-being using the World Health Organization 5-item well-being index. Higher scores means better well-being.
Understanding of the application of socio-emotional and ethical learning [1 month]
Questionnaire on Knowledge about Socioemotional Learning and Ethics. This is a 0 to 10 score questionnaire. Higher scores means better understanding in the topic.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Effectiveness of content learning and training appreciation [1 month]
Qualitative interviews in focus groups will be carried out among the participants
change in positive and negative affect (PANAS) [1 month]
The authors will apply Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). Higher scores in negative affect means worse affective state and higher scores in positive affect means better affective state.
Perception of Stress, Well-Being, Attention, Frustration, Motivation in the last week [1 month]
the author will aply "Questionary of Perception of Stress, Well-Being, Attention, Frustration, Motivation in the Last Week". Each item will be answered in a 0 to 10 item scale. The minimum value is 0 and the maximum is 10. Higher scores in stress and frustration are worse scores. Higher scores in well-being, attention and motivation are better scores in the questionnaire.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Teachers from the public schools in Brazil

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Sao Paulo		Brazil	05652901
2	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	São Paulo		Brazil	05652901

Sponsors and Collaborators

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Emory University
GaiaMais
Instituto Sidarta
Universidade Federal do ABC

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05234073

Other Study ID Numbers:

HIAE_SEELT_BR

First Posted:

Feb 10, 2022

Last Update Posted:

Apr 18, 2022

Last Verified:

Sep 1, 2021

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

social emotional learning

teachers

well-being

stress

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 18, 2022