Exploring Elementary Students' Social-Emotional Development Through Dialogic Pedagogy: Insights from Cinematic Narratives.

ABSTRACT: Scholars of social and emotional learning (SEL) emphasize conversation as a valuable pedagogical strategy; however, they often provide limited guidance on how such discussions can be effectively implemented in classroom practice. This study explores the potential of film-based dialogic pedagogy as a means to foster students' social and emotional learning by engaging them in reflective dialogues and collective meaning-making. The participants were primary school students from Northern Cyprus. Adopting a qualitative case study design, the research observed students' emotional and behavioural responses during and after a film screening. Multiple data sources-focus group discussions, individual interviews, unstructured classroom observations, and written reflections-were analysed to gain a com

SUBMITTER: Aslanturk Altıntug F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12729373 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature