COVID-19 and Student Well-Being: Catholic School Staff Perspectives and Experiences

Autor/in	Testa, Doris
Titel	COVID-19 and Student Well-Being: Catholic School Staff Perspectives and Experiences
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 80 (2021) 7, S.861-871 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Testa, Doris)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/00178969211010851
Schlagwörter	Catholic Schools; Catholic Educators; Teacher Attitudes; COVID-19; Pandemics; Well Being; Educational Change; Teaching Methods; Elementary School Teachers; School Closing; Health Education; Disadvantaged; School Culture; Health Promotion; Partnerships in Education; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholische Schule; Katholische Erziehergemeinschaft; Lehrerverhalten; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Bildungsreform; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Background: COVID-19 has dramatically changed how school communities operate. Many schools have had to navigate enforced closures and modify their usual teaching and learning practices. Furthermore, they have had to rethink how they address student well-being issues. In Australian Catholic schools, there is little data on the concerns of Catholic school staff during enforced school closures. Aims: This article describes findings from a study of the experiences and concerns of school staff in two Catholic primary school communities to understand how staff in these settings experienced and re-imagined or reinforced student well-being practices and processes. Methods: Data were collected by means of a survey assessing staff experiences and concerns, with a particular focus on student well-being. Results: Results indicated that enforced school closures were perceived as negatively affecting student well-being programmes with staff members being particularly concerned about students who were socially, educationally, culturally and economically disadvantaged. However, negative impacts were mitigated by a school culture underpinned by a pastoral and health-promoting perspective. Strong leadership in the face of systemic lethargy prompted schools to utilise their engagement and partnership arrangements for additional support. Conclusion: During forced school closures, an inclusive school ethos, environment and culture ensured an effective response to the diverse needs of staff, students and other school community members. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01