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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Investigates the concept of wellbeing in educational contexts, and the practice of schooling initiatives that support a well profession. The role of teachers and, specifically, the school leader, in enabling wellbeing is extensively explored and then applied to the school setting.
Unit content
Topic 1: What is wellbeing?
Topic 2: Historical constructs of wellbeing
Topic 3: Wellbeing in educational contexts
Topic 4: Exploring the impact of teacher and leader wellbeing on schooling outcomes
Topic 5: Planning a community approach to enabling wellbeing for all
Topic 6: Evaluating the impact of a wellbeing approach
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
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| 1 | Analyse the principles and concept of wellbeing and apply to educational contexts. |
| 2 | Demonstrate the link between the theory and practice of educational wellbeing and the role of the teacher in enabling student wellbeing and better learning outcomes. |
| 3 | Demonstrate the ability to design, plan and present a review of a wellbeing initiative in an educational setting. |
| 4 | Evaluate the potential impact of wellbeing initiatives for students, parents, teachers or school leaders. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Analyse the principles and concept of wellbeing and apply to educational contexts.
- Demonstrate the link between the theory and practice of educational wellbeing and the role of the teacher in enabling student wellbeing and better learning outcomes.
- Demonstrate the ability to design, plan and present a review of a wellbeing initiative in an educational setting.
- Evaluate the potential impact of wellbeing initiatives for students, parents, teachers or school leaders.
Prescribed texts
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