Using a Participatory Approach to Create SEL Programming: The Case of "Ahlan Simsim"

Autor/inn/en	Kohn, Shanna; Foulds, Kim; Cole, Charlotte; Matthews, Mackenzie; Hussein, Laila
Titel	Using a Participatory Approach to Create SEL Programming: The Case of "Ahlan Simsim"
Quelle	In: Journal on Education in Emergencies, 7 (2021) 2, S.289-310 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2518-6833
Schlagwörter	Social Emotional Learning; Culturally Relevant Education; Workshops; Trauma; Television; Programming (Broadcast); Preschool Children; Child Development; Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Specialists; Learning Strategies; Teaching Methods; Program Design; Iraq; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Programmgestaltung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kindesentwicklung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Irak; Libanon; Syrien
Abstract	This paper highlights the use of a participatory, trauma-informed approach in the creation of "Ahlan Simsim," a Sesame Street television program for the Middle East, and asserts the importance of using a participatory approach to designing culturally relevant SEL content. "Ahlan Simsim" is a component of a larger initiative of the same name, which was created by Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee and funded by the MacArthur and LEGO foundations. This program brings early learning and nurturing care to children and families affected by the Syrian crisis through a combination of mass media and direct service programming. In this article, we present a review of the research and consultations Sesame Workshop conducted with local communities and local child-development experts in Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon from August to November 2018. Sesame Workshop's aim was to identify and refine the television program's focus area and to create locally relevant, trauma-informed content that draws from social and emotional learning strategies that resonate most and have the greatest impact with audiences in the Syrian response region. We argue that, for SEL programming to achieve maximum impact, it is critical that program designers develop social-emotional frameworks for children from the ground up by working with local caregivers and practitioners. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01