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Leveraging PISA insights to promote student well-being

It goes without saying that mental health, social interactions, and exposure to diverse cultures significantly influence students' well-being, preparedness for the future, and overall happiness. For this reason, educational systems all over the world acknowledge that education goes beyond mere grades.

19.03.2024
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Description

Although academic performance remains a common indicator for a school's success, it's no longer the sole criterion; happiness and overall well-being are now recognized as crucial factors as well. Student well-being depends on many factors and schools play a key role to achieve it. Schools can support students to foster resilience, develop positive relationships with their peers and motivate students to strive for their best. Schools are also expected to be prepared to recognise and address issues such as students ‘mental health difficulties (e.g. depression), stress, or demotivation, as these can hinder both academic and future success. But how much do we know about student well-being and how to foster it at school?What should schools do to foster a caring school environment? And what does research tell us about it?   In this course, we will reflect on these and other questions by exploring key insights from The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA has consolidated data on student well-being through the PISA Happy Life Dashboard. The dashboard considers nine key aspects to student well-being including engagement with school, openness to diversity, psychological well-being, social relationships, and study-life balance.   

Learning objectives

In this course, you will:  
  • Understand what wellbeing is, how it is measured through international research instruments (e.g. PISA) and how to foster it at school.  
  • Understand the purpose and importance of PISA in evaluating educational systems and how it relates to student well-being. 
  • Get acquainted with the well-being indicators used in PISA and the OECD well-being framework and reflect on their implications for student welfare. 
  • Understand the implications of students´ offline and online experiences for their well-being and reflect on the impact of these experiences for students’ well-being.  
  • Explore strategies to integrate well-being principles into the curriculum. 

Methodology & assessment

The course is offered as an asynchronous course with flexibility in regard to when and where participants follow the course content and join the course activities. However, there is a final deadline in place for the submission of a course product. Participants are required to actively contribute to the course activities by sharing their work and submitting a course product. This product is submitted and assessed by peers or the course instructor in the final module of the course.

Certification details

Upon successful completion of the course, a digital course certificate is awarded. The certificate shows the name of the learner and key course details such as the estimated learning hours, the learning objectives, and a link to the course homepage. 

Additional information

  • Language:
    English
  • Target audience ISCED:
    Primary education (ISCED 1)
    Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)
    Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
  • Target audience type:
    Teacher
    Student Teacher
    Head Teacher / Principal
  • Learning time:
    5-10 hours

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