Using Testimonios to Enhance Social Emotional Learning Skills for High School Latina/o/x Students
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| Title: | Using Testimonios to Enhance Social Emotional Learning Skills for High School Latina/o/x Students |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jose Ortiz |
| Source: | Association of Mexican American Educators Journal. 2025 19(1):32-61. |
| Availability: | Association of Mexican American Educators. 634 South Spring Street Suite 908, Los Angeles, CA 90014. Tel: 310-251-6306; Fax: 310-538-4976; e-mail: executivedirector@amae.org; Web site: https://amaejournal.utsa.edu/index.php/AMAE/HOME |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 30 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Summer Programs, Hispanic American Students, High School Students, Social Emotional Learning, Social Development, Emotional Development, Females, Experience, Story Telling, Skill Development, Culturally Relevant Education, Personal Narratives, Minority Group Students, College Students, Mexican Americans, Racism |
| DOI: | 10.24974/amae.19.1.519 |
| ISSN: | 2377-9187 |
| Abstract: | This article explored how a testimonio presented during an out-of-school summer program for Latina/o/x high school youth served as a tool for students to enhance their Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skills. Focusing specifically on a robust communal activity in the program known as an "Encuentro," I examined how SEL skills were fostered through the individual and collective interactions that occurred during this gathering. I drew on video data to examine how a Chicana student's testimonio presentation and her reflection on a personal lived experience sparked program staff and students listening to engage in acts of collective sense-making through the sharing of personal stories. I observed students fostering their SEL skills through the personal and collective sense-making that occurred between program staff and students. I make the case for how testimonios can serve as a culturally relevant tool to diversify current SEL practices within U.S. schools. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1473746 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article explored how a testimonio presented during an out-of-school summer program for Latina/o/x high school youth served as a tool for students to enhance their Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skills. Focusing specifically on a robust communal activity in the program known as an "Encuentro," I examined how SEL skills were fostered through the individual and collective interactions that occurred during this gathering. I drew on video data to examine how a Chicana student's testimonio presentation and her reflection on a personal lived experience sparked program staff and students listening to engage in acts of collective sense-making through the sharing of personal stories. I observed students fostering their SEL skills through the personal and collective sense-making that occurred between program staff and students. I make the case for how testimonios can serve as a culturally relevant tool to diversify current SEL practices within U.S. schools. |
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| ISSN: | 2377-9187 |
| DOI: | 10.24974/amae.19.1.519 |
