The Effect of Attunement on the Development of Relationship Conflict Resolution Skills

Abstract

Teacher attunement is about teachers' being able to understand and empathize with the psychological experiences, worldviews, perspectives, motivations, learning capacities, skill levels, strengths, weaknesses, interests, affiliations, and affective states of students. The present study has been conducted to assess the effectiveness of teacher's attunement strategy for the development of social skills among elementary school students. It was an experimental study. The study employed a control group design with pre-test and post-test phases. Participants in the study were chosen from among sixty 6th grade students enrolled in a primary school. Using random sampling, thirty students were selected as the experimental group and thirty as the control group. For eight weeks, the control group received instruction using conventional teaching methods, whereas the experimental group received instruction using an attunement technique. The study was carried out in a Lahore government school. A statistical analysis was performed on the data obtained from the pre-test, post-test, and gain scores. According to the study's findings, the experimental and control groups were identical at first. The experimental group's post-test mean score differed significantly from the control groups. In the post-test, the experimental group fared better than the control group. The study's conclusions show that teacher sensitivity significantly improves elementary school pupils' social development. It can be inferred that 6th grade pupils' social skills are enhanced by their teachers' attentiveness. It is advised that both public and private schools employ teachers' attunement techniques to help elementary school pupils improve their social skills.