Course overview
This course will promote learner and teacher wellbeing and identity formation through the development of sustainable and enabling teaching practice which informs policy and procedure, ethical considerations, curriculum and pedagogy, learning environment and community partnership initiatives. Students will explore the constructions of wellbeing and identify and develop an understanding of the centrality of wellbeing to learning. Students will examine the potential barriers and design protective and enabling strategies encompassing the learning environment, policies and procedures, curriculum and pedagogy and community partnerships, to inform a proactive approach to supporting learner and teacher wellbeing and identity development.
Course learning outcomes
- Explore learner identity relationships, theories, pedagogy and environments which influence wellbeing and learning
- Clearly demonstrate awareness and understanding of all dimensions of a student's wellbeing (physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual) and the interrelationship with emerging identity
- Analyse key wellbeing themes and issues across literature, school and community experiences, and own lives
- Advance inquiry research skills exploring wellbeing and identity issues in relation to particular concerns and interests
- Reflect deeply on their views about identity and wellbeing and what impact those views may have on their own teaching and learning