Abstract
The major purpose of the study was to find out the effectiveness of an intervention programme in fostering academic resilience of non-resilient at-risk students at secondary school level. The programme based on a resilience building module for teachers was designed for this purpose. The module comprised of activity based sessions aiming at fostering protective factors-creativity, internal locus of control, self-concept, self-esteem, self-efficacy, autonomy, sense of purpose in life, optimism, good sense of humor and teacher student relationship. The experiment following pretest-post-test control group design was conducted in public secondary school. A total number of sixty four nonresilient at risk of failure 9th and 10th grade students equally divided in the experimental and the control group participated in the study.. These students were identified administering a risk identification survey and resilience assessment scale ‘RAS’ developed by the researchers measuring specific risk indicators and protective factors, respectively. The control group of the study was treated in traditional manner. One of the researchers acted as a resilience teacher. The treatment continued for three months. The pre-test and post-test analysis revealed that the intervention was significantly effective in enhancing students ‘academic resilience in overall and by each selected protective factor.
Muhammad Irfan Arif, Munawar S. Mirza. (2017) Effectiveness of an Intervention Program in Fostering Academic Resilience of Students at Risk of Failure at Secondary School Level, Bulletin of Education & Research, Volume 39, Issue 1.
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