marit andersen nhprc 2013
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A student’s perspective How can the learning environment contribute to students’ sense of coping?TRANSCRIPT
Presentation master thesis – 7th Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference
Vestfold University College
Health Promotion Learning Environment -
A student’s perspective
How can the learning environment contribute to students’ sense of coping?
Marit Andersen
PPT (pedagogical and psychological counselling service), Horten municipality e-mail: [email protected]
Co-author: Grete Eide Rønningen, Associated professor, Vestfold University Cogllege
Background
• All students are entitled to a good physical and psychosocial environment conducive to health, well-being and learning. • The Education Act of 17th July 1998, Chapter 9a
• School is an important setting for health promotion• It is a natural setting where the young people spend the majority of their
time • Important for their academic, social and personal development
Purpose
• To increase the knowledge of what students themselves highlights as important for their sense of coherence and coping at school
• To increase the knowledge of how schools can facilitate an learning environment that promotes a sense of coherence and a framework that promotes good health
Theoretical framework• The Salutogenic approach
• Antonovskys theory – sense of coherence (SOC)• Comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness
• Coping• Contextual, social and emotional factors
• Social support• The quality of the relationship
• Participation• Provides the basis of the meaningfulness component
Methodology• Qualitative method
• Five focus groups• 31 students of in the age 11-12 years – collected from one school
with a population of 66 students in grade 7
Focus group Class Boys Girls Absence
Focus gr. 1 X 5 2 0
Focus gr. 2 Y 4 2 0
Focus gr. 3 Y 3 3 0
Focus gr. 4 Z 3 2 2
Focus gr. 5 Z 5 2 0
Compre-
hensible
ManageableMeaningful
Participation
Connectedness
to school
Support
Participation
Coping
Empirical data
Empirical data - Categories
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Connectedness – Support - Participation
They wanted to amount to something in life
Experience school as meaningful
Participation
Support
Connectedness
Conclusion
Coping
SOC
Engagement
Motivation
Meaningfulness
Health promoting learning Environment
Relationships
Thank you!