Promoting resilience in post-secondary students: A case study

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dc.contributor.advisorBurns, Amy
dc.contributor.authorBello, Jhonattan
dc.contributor.committeememberWinchester, Ian
dc.contributor.committeememberBohac Clarke, Veronika
dc.date2022-11
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-27T19:00:03Z
dc.date.available2022-07-27T19:00:03Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-17
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBello Mendoza, J. A. (2022). Promoting resilience in post-secondary students: A case study (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114887
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39946
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectResilienceen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectPost-secondary educationen_US
dc.subjectInstructorsen_US
dc.subjectEcological resilienceen_US
dc.subjectsuccessen_US
dc.subjectResilience promotionen_US
dc.subjectStudents supporten_US
dc.subject.classificationEducationen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Adult and Continuingen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducational Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Secondaryen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Teacher Trainingen_US
dc.subject.classificationLiterature--Canadian (English)en_US
dc.subject.classificationEducationen_US
dc.subject.classificationHuman Developmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationMental Healthen_US
dc.titlePromoting resilience in post-secondary students: A case studyen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Researchen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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