Virtual Community Mentoring Models for Middle School Underachievers Psychosocial Development and Well-Being During COVID-19

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2022-03-19
Authors
Gomes, Roseline Florence
Thomas, Lijo
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Panda, Santosh
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
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Recent studies highlight the outcomes of COVID-19 on the psychosocial skills of early adolescents. It shows the unavailability of virtual community mentoring models for teenagers' individual and interpersonal growth in the virtual scenario. Hence, there emerges a need to explore and apply the available virtual communication resources by facilitators, families, and other community professionals for teenagers’ self-development. This article reports the application of virtual resources like WhatsApp, graphic design platforms (CANVA and Adobe), graphic interchange formats (GIPHY App), all-in-one visual content editing forums (InShot App), and memes (Meme Generator App) in engaging and supporting community mentoring capacities leading to psychosocial development and well-being for teenagers during COVID-19. Through this article, contemporary virtual models are explored and executed with community guidance to integrate the personal developmental skills of middle school underachievers. There is also a need to work with community interventions by using virtual mentoring skillsets for positive youth development.
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Learner Support, Youth, Social Media
Country
India
Region
Asia
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Journal of Learning for Development;Vol 9; No 1
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