Class Act
From Outstanding Schools - the premium content and networking provider for international educators around the globe - Class Act sheds a spotlight on the school executives, educators, and thought-leaders who are positively impacting the industry. Join us each month as we tackle the key issues, challenges and opportunities currently affecting the international education community.
With topics ranging from educator well-being to Esports curricula, sustainability to stakeholder management, Class Act aims to inspire international educators and provide them with the necessary insights to improve their pedagogical practice and make their school the best in the region.
Hosted by Hannah Burke-Tomlinson, and produced by Hannah Burke-Tomlinson and Mary Best for GovNet Communications.
Class Act
Transitioning from Wellbeing to Wholebeing with Andrea Downie
References:
- Andrea Downie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-downie.
- Project Thrive: https://www.projectthrive.com.au/home.
- The Centre for Wellbeing Science at The University of Melbourne: https://education.unimelb.edu.au/cws.
- Downie, A (2023) ‘Could Redesigning Education End the Mental Health Crisis?: A Paradigm Shift to a More Relevant System’ https://blog.outstandingschools.com/could-redesigning-education-end-the-mental-health-crisis-a-paradigm-shift-to-a-more-relevant-system-andrea-downie.
- Mission Australia Youth Report 2022: https://www.missionaustralia.com.au/publications/youth-survey.
- Keyes, C. L. M. Keyes (2002) ‘The Mental Health Continuum: From Languishing to Flourishing in Life’ in The Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp.207-222: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3090197.
- On Emmy Werner's theory of resilience as not just being dependent on social-emotional competencies and internal and external resources, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Werner.
- Begley, S., & Davidson, R. (2012). The emotional life of your brain: How its unique patterns affect the way you think, feel, and live - and how you can change them. Hachette UK.
- Jarden, A., Downie, A., Finter, K. & Jarden, R. (2023). ‘Next level flourishing in education: A case study of “wholebeing”’ in G. Arslan & M. Yıldırım (eds.), Handbook of Positive School Psychology Interventions: Evidence-Based Practice for Promoting Youth Mental Health. Springer.
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