Unit details
EEH530 - Promoting Student Wellbeing
| Offered at: | (B, G) |
|---|---|
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.094 |
| Unit chair: | D Ollis (B) |
| Campus contact: | D Ollis (B), L Harrison (G) |
| Corequisite: | EEY402 or EEY501 |
| Contact hours: | 1 hour lecture and 1 x 2 hour tutorial (G), 1 x 2 hour lecture and 2 x 4 hour workshops (B) |
Content
Student wellbeing has increasingly become a central focus for schools, and currently policy frameworks state that student wellbeing is a responsibility of every classroom teacher. This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of young people and their wellbeing, contemporary policy contexts, as well as skills in developing supportive classroom strategies and practices. On completion of the unit students should be able to:
- understand a range of contemporary theoretical perspectives that inform understandings of young people and their health and wellbeing issues/needs
- understand the complex and multiple factors that contribute to young people's health and wellbeing status
- understand the broad role that schools play in young people's lives
- understand the role that schools can have in promoting and enhancing the health and wellbeing of young people
- understand contemporary frameworks that shape current school based interventions and practices in the field of adolescent health and wellbeing
- understand their role as a classroom teacher in the promotion of wellbeing
- develop and implement strategies at the classroom level that contribute to the promotion of wellbeing
- develop helping skills and networking/referral skills
- critically engage with the broad area of adolescent health promotion
Assessment
Task 1: A written assignment that reviews a selected area of adolescent health and wellbeing, as well as a review of relevant school based intervention literature (60%).
Task 2: A group presentation based on assignment and school experience (40%).
Prescribed texts
Promoting Student Wellbeing. Reader (2004), Deakin University, Geelong VIC
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