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Mental Health ((2) Students will have opportunities to explore physical,…
Mental Health
(2) Students will have opportunities to explore physical, mental and emotional, social and spiritual elements of hauora that support mental health (MoE, 1999).
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Hauora is the New Zealand philosophy surrounding health and wellbeing (MoE, 1999).
Created by Mason Durie, the whare tapawha describes how we need to create balance between physical wellbeing, mental and emotional wellbeing, social wellbeing and spiritual wellbeing to sustain life (MoE, 1999).
An example of this is the importance of creating and managing relationships through participating and contributing (MoE, 2007);
students that acquire social skills by 8 years old are less at risk of social and psychological instability (Walker, Colvin & Ramsey, 1995).
The model is an opportunity for me to initiate a respectful and safe process to guide relationships with the student and raises the importance of the key competencies.
(6) Mental health is important as New Zealand is in crisis and this poses significant challenges to mental health as students and their families may be affected.
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As teachers, we must be aware that one third of students live under the poverty line and this socio-economic status affects cognitive development and student outcomes (Duchesne et al, 2010; Families Commission, 2008)
Bullying is a growing problem within New Zealand, which is rated the second-highest out of 51 countries (Daly, 2017).
New Zealand also has the highest rate of teen suicide in the developed world (McConnell, 2016)
10 I have an opportunity to practice my culturally responsive pedagogies to support ESOL students that have language related challenges.
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By recognising the frustration, I can avoid the students’ perception of helplessness (Jhagroo, 2015).
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(5) A challenge teaching mental health as part of health and physical education (HPE), is that not all learning areas seem to get the same status.
Being aware of this, allows me the opportunity to ensure a balanced curriculum and or design a programme that is interdisciplinary.
Some schools may prioritise core areas like English, maths and science (Boyd & Hipkins, 2015).
- By recognising students’ culture, values and language, I can create meaningful connections.
This is a challenge as I am still practising my pedagogy and developing my knowledge of Maori, Pacifika and diverse cultures.
But, it also presents opportunities for personal and professional development.