Symposium
Student Mental Well-Being and Well-Becoming
Friday, 5 May 2017, 9:00-15:00, at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Student Mental Well-Being and Well-Becoming
Friday, 5 May 2017, 9:00-15:00, at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Background
This symposium will provide a facilitated forum for discussions of members of the school educational partners in Manitoba (including students). The main topics to be addressed at the symposium with introductions by Canadian researchers are:
This event continues the engagement started at a conference in November 2015 (see the report on the session on “Mental Health and Well-Being and Well-Becoming in Schools” at http://www.eswbrg.org/conference-2015.html).
Program
8:30-9:00: Refreshments (room 200)
9:00-9:10: Welcome (room 200)
9:10-9:30: Presentations
11:40-12:25 Lunch (room 200)
12:25-12:45: Presentations (room 200)
14:45-15:00: Conclusion (room 200)
This symposium will provide a facilitated forum for discussions of members of the school educational partners in Manitoba (including students). The main topics to be addressed at the symposium with introductions by Canadian researchers are:
- What special reasons do we have as to why we should be concerned about student mental well-being?
- What do we mean by “mental well-being”?
- How do we assess it and for what purposes?
- What might school education that foregrounds student mental well-being look like? How would foregrounding student mental well-being transform curriculum and pedagogy?
This event continues the engagement started at a conference in November 2015 (see the report on the session on “Mental Health and Well-Being and Well-Becoming in Schools” at http://www.eswbrg.org/conference-2015.html).
Program
8:30-9:00: Refreshments (room 200)
9:00-9:10: Welcome (room 200)
9:10-9:30: Presentations
- Heesoon Bai (Simon Fraser University)
Focus 1: What special reasons do we have as to why we should be concerned about student mental well-being?
Click here for a copy of the presentation paper. - Grace Ukasoanya (University of Manitoba)
Focus 2: What do we mean by “mental well-being”?
Click here for a copy of the presentation paper.
11:40-12:25 Lunch (room 200)
12:25-12:45: Presentations (room 200)
- Thomas Falkenberg (University of Manitoba)
Focus 3: How do we assess it and for what purposes?
Click here for a copy of the presentation paper. - Claudia Eppert (University of Alberta)
Focus 4: What might school education that foregrounds student mental well-being look like? How would foregrounding student mental well-being transform curriculum and pedagogy?
Click here for a copy of the presentation paper.
14:45-15:00: Conclusion (room 200)
