school systems wellbeing
Lamine Sonko is known as Australia’s African cultural journeyman. He has toured Australia and internationally as a performer and educator, engaging and energising audiences across the country, and bringing people together to celebrate diversity and enable creative collective action. In this interview, Lamine shares with me how he brings rhythm and culture to engage young… Continue reading Stories of Impact – Rhythm, Culture and Community Wellbeing at School
Located south of Adelaide, Christie Downs Primary School is an inclusive site of 280 students. Christie Downs Primary School seeks to provide a supportive and nurturing environment in which students are able to learn, play and grow together for a successful future. The school’s values embody personal responsibility, respectful relationships and teamwork. In this interview,… Continue reading Stories of Impact – Christie Downs Primary School
How can Unconditional Positive Regard support student healing as well as enhance teacher wellbeing? There is evidence to suggest that Unconditional Positive Regard (UPR) not only supports students’ healing and learning at school, but also leads to enhanced teacher wellbeing. So what is Unconditional Positive Regard? It was originally developed by psychologist Carl Rogers in… Continue reading Linking Unconditional Positive Regard and Teacher Wellbeing
I recently completed a research project as part of my Masters degree at Deakin University's School of Education. Here is the abstract: Researchers talk about whole school approaches to student wellbeing in a variety of ways, yet little work has been done to understand how different stories of wellbeing impact school wellbeing staff. To inform… Continue reading Research Project: ‘Stories of Whole School Wellbeing: Exploring narratives of experience’
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