624 Week 3 Journal Review
624 Week 3 Journal Review
624 Week 3 Journal Review
#Article One
Pupil wellbeing Teacher wellbeing: Two sides of the same coin?
Teacher wellbeing is significant to student wellbeing because it make him or her to
perform well in the school in terms of academics, discipline and co-curriculum activities. This
article examines how teacher flexibility might be enhanced by precise actions that facilitate
constructive feelings of respect, trust, suitability and value. There are resilient points of view for
examining what wellbeing in school means in practice and the means in which this can be
accomplished at all ranks of the institution. According to Sue Roffey, student wellbeing is a
worldwide and pro-active approach to pupil experiences in the institution. In fact, student
wellbeing at school is observed through their emotional conduct and commitment with learning.
The author asserts that teacher wellbeing is based on how stress influence teacher burn-out and
difficulties with retention. This means that teacher wellbeing is not only appropriate for entire
school wellbeing, particularly a conducive surrounding for students, but also for social and
financial deliberations.
While most of the teachers have the desire to be capable experts, they are hardly provided
with the resources to achieve their roles ideally. It is important to note that a great number of
teachers care about children and their wellbeing as well as seek to address the social and
emotional aspects of students. This promotes the interactions within a school, thus influencing
teacher wellbeing and their capability to deal with the stresses that are symbols of the profession.
This author agrees that promoting teacher wellbeing is an appropriate and effective way to
enhance the capacity of schools to accomplish the needs of different populations. In other words,
teachers are the pivotal and significant force in making an environment where students can feel
contented, secure and healthy.
Reference
Roffey, S. (2012). Pupil wellbeing-teacher wellbeing: Two sides of the same coin? Educational
and Child Psychology, 29 (4), pp. 8-17.
#Article Two
Not Just Robo-Students: Why Full Engagement Matters and How Schools Can Promote It
Full engagement of students in schools play a key role in a cycle of learning,
accomplishment, and healthy youth growth. Even though academic engagement is associated to
constructive physical, social and psychological growth results, qualitative researches in highperforming schools conclude that some students who perform well in school may compromise
their physical and mental health as they aim to get top grades. This particular article
demonstrates the findings regarding the occurrence, the effects, and the causes of being a robostudent in a high performing school. According to the Conner and Pope (2013), lack of full
engagement, especially the lack of mental and emotional engagement, may lead to more cases of
school stress, greater internalizing, as well as physical signs of stress and increased rates of
cheating. The authors also add that full engagement is highly associated to positive relationships
between teachers and students. It is a significant driver of school accomplishment as well as
critical predecessor to comprehending materials and attaining fresh skills.
In order to promote student engagement, the authors suggest autonomy-support, teachers
provision of structure and opportunities for involvement as the major aspects. Students who
claim that at least one teacher motivates them and that their school is committed to enhancing the
strengths of each student, are more probably to have a great future. However, most of the
students are not fully engaged in school and they neither believe their school experience has
much significance to their future, nor they feel accepted to the society. Based on this article, it is
evident that such students withdraw from school life, and become dissatisfied with the school. In
other words, they become troublesome in classes, and exert a destructive incitement on other
students. All the same, the future research should focus not only to student engagement on
learning and wellbeing, but also to school practices and structures, in order to promote
constructive development and growth of youth in all settings.
Reference
Conner, J., & Pope, D. (2013). Not Just Robo-Students: Why Full Engagement Matters and How
Schools Can Promote It. J Youth Adolescence, 42(9), 1426-1442.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007