Promoting School Connectedness

ISBN-13: 9783838300337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 52 str.

United Kin University of Liverpool Fiona Rowe (NIHR Fellow; Det Detective Sergeant Donald Stewart

Opis

School connectedness, or a sense of belonging to the school environment, is an established protective factor for child and adolescent health, education, and social well-being. A growing body of evidence indicates that a whole-school approach, such as the health-promoting school model, is effective for promoting school connectedness. A whole-school approach builds school connectedness through curriculum, teaching and learning; school policy, organisation, ethos and environment and through partnerships between school staff, students, families and health service and community agency representatives. A strong partnership between health and education sectors at a local, state and national level is important to support school communities to adopt the approach. This monograph is important for school teachers, school counselors, educational administrators and health professionals such as psychologists, social workers, school nurses, and health promotion and public health professionals working with schools.

O autorze

Fiona Rowe, PhD and Donald Stewart, PhD have several years of international experience in school health promotion. Both are academics in the School of Public Health at Griffith University, Australia and have been consultants to the World Health Organization to promote the 'health promoting school' approach across the Asia and Pacific Region.