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Part and parcel of teaching? Secondary school staff's views on supporting student emotional health and well‐being

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ID11159498
AuthorsJudi Kidger (0000-0002-1054-6758, University of Bristol, corresponding author), David Gunnell (0000-0002-0829-6470, University of Bristol), Lucy Biddle (0000-0002-1090-8771, University of Bristol), Rona Campbell (0000-0002-1099-9319, University of Bristol), Jenny Donovan (0000-0002-6488-5472, University of Bristol)
Year2010
Volume36
Issue6
Pages919-935
Publication date2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-1926 • E-ISSN: 1469-3518
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01411920903249308
OpenAlexW2104546970
LanguageEN
Citations received54
References cited41

The need for schools to support children and young people's mental and emotional health is increasingly emphasised in policy initiatives, yet the role of teachers in this has been under explored. This paper reports findings from qualitative, semi‐structured interviews with 14 school staff at eight secondary schools in England, examining emotional health and well‐being (EHWB) activities in which they were involved. Three emergent themes are discussed: (1) a strongly held belief that teaching and EHWB are inevitably linked; (2) a perception that many colleagues outside the study sample are reluctant to engage in EHWB work; and (3) a concern that teachers’ own emotional health needs are neglected, leaving them unable or unwilling to consider those of pupils. The findings endorse whole‐school approaches to emotional health, with a focus on teachers’ training and support needs and clearer aims, including consideration of how such work fits with the broader goals of schools

Emotional health · Emotional support · Focus group · Medical education · Mental health · Pedagogy · Perception · Qualitative research · Social science · Social support · Sociology · Work (physics) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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