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Submissions made to the Education Committee detail bullying behaviour and unprofessionalism.
Three years observing in a public school has given one scholar a close-up look at the sweeping challenges in public education.
We investigated the initiatives schools around the world took to help support and maintain the well-being of their students and staff. We pulled out seven things that made a difference.
The pandemic has introduced a new context for university instructors navigating boundaries and responsibilities around their students’ and their own well-being and mental health.
Workplaces, in addition to providing critical organizational resources, can encourage employees to undertake a voluntary workplace well-being streak, or employees can commit to their own.
Provinces have struggled to mitigate the COVID-19 health concerns of full-time and substitute teachers. The need for substitutes has increased, but fewer are available.
Teachers’ professional lives can be highly demanding, pressured, stressful and at times, emotionally exhausting. But there’s an unspoken demand they suppress their emotions and just get on with it.
A yearly survey on principals’ well-being that has been conducted since 2011 has found they continue to experience threats, bullying and harassment.
Teachers are increasingly being encouraged to take mindfulness courses so that they can begin teaching it to pupils.
Over half of Australian teachers suffer from anxiety and nearly one-fifth are depressed.
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Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Pro-vice-chancellor Research, Australian Catholic University
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Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology, Australian Catholic University
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Visiting Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership, UMass Lowell
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Professor, Department of Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan
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Lecturer, College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer & Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Course Coordinator, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Education, The University of Queensland
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Researcher in Child Health and Well-being, Swansea University
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Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Honorary Lecturer, Swansea University
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Professor of Educational Leadership, Deakin University
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Associate professor, Department of History, University of Saskatchewan