Effective Learning and Mental Wellbeing

Improving the Mental Health and Trauma-Resilience of Learners in a Trauma-Impacted World
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-35413-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 631 g

Research shows that by improving the wellbeing of learners, we also improve their learning. Effective Learning and Mental Wellbeing is a crucial resource, filled with ready-to-use and thought-provoking activities that support wellbeing within your school, college, organisation, community group or on your own. Woven throughout are ideas and activities that support learning and wellbeing for many different kinds of learner.

Supported by well-researched content, this essential book will enrich and improve both the wellbeing and the learning of all who use it. Areas covered include but are not limited to:

- How we learn and blocks to learning

- Mental health and self-efficacy

- Positive steps to mental wellbeing

- Wellbeing in the connected learning community

- The future of wellbeing and learning

This book is an essential resource for teachers, therapists, health professionals, parents or carers and those in the community who work to improve learning through improving wellbeing.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Philo, Sarah

Senior, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Everybody is a learner; 2. Mental health and self-efficacy; 3. Steps to Mental Wellbeing; 4. Wellbeing in the connected learning community; 5. Wellbeing and learning in a COVID-impacted world; 6. Wellbeing and learning on your own; 7. The future of wellbeing and learning – your impact on the world; 8. Learning to be well

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Philo is a cognitive behavioural therapist working with people experiencing difficulties including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She is especially interested in the role of compassion both in supporting positive wellbeing and in creating supportive and safe places to learn. She is undergoing training to also practice as an eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapist.

John Senior is a visiting researcher at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology of the Hungarian Academy. His research concerns the impact of mental health issues affecting Human Intelligence (HI) and the potential psychodynamic mental health issues of Gifted Artificial Intelligent Machines (GAIM).