Browsing by Author "Bello, Jhonattan"

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    The Construct of Resilience
    (2022-07-17) Bello, Jhonattan
    Illustrates the connections among the different topics related to resilience in education that were expanded in the literature review.
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    Emergent themes for the development of resilience
    (2022-07-17) Bello, Jhonattan
    Five major themes emerged in this study, which are reflective of the research questions. The themes that emerged were (1) creating a safe and trusting environment, (2) focusing on a meaningful goal, (3) clarifying expectations, (4) modeling flexible thinking, and (5) finding the right stories to tell yourself. The first theme, creating a safe and trusting environment, focused on how instructors created spaces in which students felt safe to try new skills and make mistakes, thereby fostering relationships between students and instructors as well as among students themselves. The second theme explained how instructors included the practice of refining goals in their course, aiming to organize priorities and refocus on what really matters to students. The third theme, clarifying the expectations, described the ways in which instructors took the time to create realistic and appropriate expectations. The fourth theme captured the importance of instructors being able to model flexible thinking. Finally, the fifth theme, finding the right stories to tell yourself, described how the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge and narrative approaches was being used in undergraduate programs to switch perspective from challenges to a journey approach, making students more resilient.
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    Framework for the development of resilience
    (2022-07-17) Bello, Jhonattan
    The strategies found in the study "Promoting resilience in post-secondary students: A case study" by Jhonattan Bello, were presented in a logical procedure to be implemented in the classroom. This framework represents the approach of instructors when they facilitated the promotion of resilience. The framework for the development of resilience starts with the creation of a safe environment with trusting relationships. Then spend some time finding the purpose or meaningful goal that will allow students and instructors to think about the path to follow and set some realistic expectations about the process to get there. Once students have focused on a meaningful goal and started the journey, many adversities will become more evident. Sharing stories and creating a plan that integrates the resources and experiences found in those stories will also become a crucial tool for the process of resilience. Instructors will support students all the time by modelling flexible thinking and showing ways to navigate the resources needed to succeed. This figure is a resulting piece from the "Emergent themes for the development of resilience" figure created by Jhonattan Bello
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    The interrelation of factors that influence resilience
    (2022-07-17) Bello, Jhonattan
    The figure provides a schematic representation of how the factors that influence resilience are linked together.
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    Living through Covid-19 Pandemic as International Students in Canada: Collaborative Autoethnography of Struggles and Resilience
    (University of Calgary. Libraries and Cultural Resources., 2021-12-01) Bello, Jhonattan; Cho, Suyeon; Liang, Siyin; Luo, Cong
    The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of a number of international students and the disruption inevitably has caused suffering. With an aim to provide an in-depth understanding of the international students’ experiences, we examined our own written narratives on how the pandemic challenged our lives, and how we strove to build resilience and deal with the challenges. Upon analysis of the qualitative data collected from our respective narratives and group discussion, the following themes emerged: (1)Intersecting Identities, (2) Systemic Barriers to Achieving Goals, (3) Systemic Risks Caused Instability, and (4) Strategies to Build Resilience. By addressing several complex challenges that the international students faced, we hope to inform higher education stakeholders who seek to better accommodate the unique needs of international students.
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    Promoting resilience in post-secondary students: A case study
    (2022-07-17) Bello, Jhonattan; Burns, Amy; Winchester, Ian; Bohac Clarke, Veronika
    In post-secondary education, students face a variety of risks and challenges, including intensive workload, higher levels of stress, withdrawal from their programs, and emerging substance use disorders. Developing resilience is essential for undergraduate students to navigate through these challenges. It also prepares students to face difficulties in their future professional lives. Empirical evidence indicates that the development of resilience is associated with the living environment and depends on mentors or figures who model the characteristics of resilience. The relationship between instructors and undergraduate students may be particularly important due to the role modelling of the instructors. However, we still do not know the specific ways in which educators develop resilience in post-secondary students. Using a case study methodology, this research aimed to better understand the ways in which instructors promoted resilience in undergraduate students. Interviews, document analysis, and scenario analysis were conducted in an undergraduate faculty in a large university in Western Canada. The findings suggested that creating a safe and trusting environment, focusing on a meaningful goal, clarifying expectations, modeling flexible thinking, and finding the right stories to tell, are specific ways in which instructors promote resilience in their students. This study emphasizes the importance of instructors in the development of resilience. Instructors’ ecological perspective of resilience is embedded in the different strategies used to promote resilience in the classroom. The themes of this study formed the foundation of a novel framework for the development of resilience presented at the conclusion chapter of the present thesis. Key terms: Resilience, Education, Post-secondary education, Instructors, Ecological resilience, Resilience promotion, Students support.
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    Students resilience
    (2021-12-01) Bello, Jhonattan
    This image represents the different adversities that students face especially during COVID as a storm of things that constantly hit them, and some of them feel almost naked to deal with those struggles. Yet, resilience helps them to continue progressing through the storm.