Tag: wellbeing
Peer mentoring of mentors, as a mechanism for the job-embedded professional development of mentors, provides opportunities for more competent mentors to guide the development of their mentor colleagues.
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Holistic learning processes and outcomes Highlights from UKFIET 2023 conference sub-theme
by Jaya Gajparia and Anita Reilly | Oct 31, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference
While presentations had entry points across various levels of the socio-eco system – such as the system level, the school level and the community level, a key take-away is that holistic education needs simultaneous approaches across all levels. And a prominent theme was the importance of supportive and nurturing relationships…
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Education and climate change: What retrofits could make classroom environments more conducive to learning?
by Oluyemi Toyinbo and Xuzel Villavicencio | Oct 23, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Learning
To foster optimal student learning, well-being, and overall health, it is vital that school environments prioritise comfort.
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Breaking beyond classroom walls to learn IN nature for climate justice
by Hannah Hogarth, Mary Brydon-Miller and Terra Sprague | Aug 3, 2023 | Climate Change, Learning
In this third instalment of our blog series, we hear from two more projects – one based in the UK and another running in the USA, Australia and newly expanded to the UK. These projects demonstrate ways in which environmental education can extend beyond the walls of the classroom and…
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Partners in Learning Pakistan: peer learning as a means of improving learning outcomes in low-income, remote settings
by Madeeha Ansari and Joy Okwuonu | Jun 26, 2023 | Learning
In April 2020, schools in Pakistan were closed indefinitely to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This pattern of school closures caused huge concerns about global learning losses: it was estimated that 1.6 billion learners in about 190 countries would be affected. With school closures came increased social isolation.…
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Deficit-oriented teacher beliefs inhibit poor students’ learning and wellbeing
by Rob J. Gruijters and Nomisha Kurian | Apr 3, 2023 | Learning
Low learning outcomes, especially among poor and marginalised students, are a pervasive problem in many low- and middle-income countries. Negative teacher beliefs and expectations may contribute to low learning outcomes among the poor, especially if they are reflected in classroom practices and interactions.
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The road paved with good intentions: Is social and emotional learning (SEL) safe and effective for all children affected by crises?
by Ha Yeon Kim | Mar 30, 2023 | Conflict, Crisis and Emergency, Learning
Over 222 million school-aged children are affected by armed conflicts and crises globally as of 2022. This number is expected to continue to rise due to ongoing crises and disasters. In the reality of the compounding trauma and protracted crises that so many children are living through, we need sustainable…
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International Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Day
International Social Emotional or Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL) Day was held on 11 March. This selection of articles contribute to this important emerging evidence base.
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Holistic learning processes and outcomes – interview with convenors of UKFIET conference theme
by Jaya Gajparia and Anita Reilly | Mar 10, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference
Interview with theme convenors of one of six 2023 UKFIET conference themes, ‘Holistic learning processes and outcomes’: Jaya Gajparia, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, London South Bank University, and Anita Reilly, education consultant.
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Voices of the children of the Lake Chad region: Co-constructing knowledge and advocacy for social change in protracted armed conflict and crisis contexts using photovoice
by Margaret Ebubedike, Tajudeen Akanji, Afu Isiah Kanuck, Adaobi Nwoye and Abdulaziz Mala | Jan 25, 2023 | Conflict, Crisis and Emergency
This blog reports on networking research which used photovoice with a group of children and young people in the Lake Chad region to provide a means of meaningful participation in research about their lives, experience, and wellbeing needs.
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World Mental Health Day 2022
World Mental Health Day is celebrated on 10 October every year as an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. The theme for 2022 is 'Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority'.
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Finding synergies between socio-emotional learning and mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
by Fiona Samuels | Jul 4, 2022 | Learning
In this blog I briefly explore how one might bring together linkages between those working on socio-emotional learning (SEL) and others like myself working on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing (MHPSW), and similarly how people working in these two domains might collaborate.
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