Teacher Mental Health Promotion in Creating Quality Teaching Environments in Dysfunctional Secondary Schools

Mbulaheni, V.; Kutame, Azwidohwi Philip; Mpofu, Molyn

doi:10.1080/09764224.2017.1385933

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“…Such safe environments foster learners' sense of self-worth (Campbell et al, 2016), which in turn supports positive academic and behavioural outcomes (Kutsyuruba et al, 2015). A lack of emotional and relational wellness affects teachers, parents, and school management as much as it does learners, leaving all feeling disempowered, hopeless and unable to take action (Mudzielwana et al, 2017). It is evident that low levels of physical, emotional and relational wellness in many rural schools is a systemic issue that needs to be addressed by various sectors.…”

Section: Health Promotion In South African Schoolsmentioning

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Youth Participatory Action Research as a Catalyst for Health Promotion in a Rural South African School

Mathikithela

Wood

2021

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Rural schools in South Africa face many social and environmental challenges which impact negatively on learner wellbeing and performance. Given the severity and history of these problems, the situation is unlikely to change in the near future. Yet, schools are supposed to be enabling environments, providing holistic support to learners from communities plagued by severe economic, health and social challenges. A different strategy is clearly needed to promote the health and wellbeing of learners. Youth participatory action research (YPAR) appears to offer a plausible approach to kick start improved, health-promoting responses from within the school. We facilitated a YPAR process with volunteer learners from Grade10 to find out how they could begin to transform their rural school. Using arts-based methods, the learners were successful in raising awareness of the negative effects they were suffering as a result of the poor social-emotional climate in the school, the unsanitary facilities and the lack of opportunities to engage in physical exercise. The actions they took to address these issues were a catalyst for ongoing positive change in the school. The findings add to literature about how YPAR can make schools more enabling spaces.

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Youth Participatory Action Research as a Catalyst for Health Promotion in a Rural South African School

Mathikithela

Wood

2021

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“…Some learners are repeating the grades due to the lack of coping mechanism, some they drop out of school and others they have suicidal thoughts, whereas some they commit suicide. Mental health issues have been identified as one of the biggest contributors of high school dropouts (Mudzielwana, Mbulaheni, & Kutame, 2017). There should be a future research on track and trace learners with MHP, to check their coping mechanism of academic performance and take precautionary measures on mental health problems among learners.…”

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The impact of mental health promotion on coping mechanism among Grade 11 physical sciences learners in Nkandla Circuit

Mzobe,

Chinaka

2023

IJRBS

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This study examined the impact of mental health promotion on coping mechanisms among grade 11 Physical sciences learners. A poor coping mechanism is associated with poor mental health and poor academic performance due to inadequate mental health resources and services. Participants selected using a purposive sampling technique from the accessible population, 08 physical sciences educators and 109 Grade 11 learners from eight targeted schools in the Nkandla Circuit of the Empangeni district made up the sample. The study used a mixed approach and a triangulation research design. The questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data. Quantitative data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 27 and thematic analysis was used for interviews. The findings revealed that Physical sciences learners with mental health issues underperform because their coping mechanisms are compromised by inadequate mental health resources and services. The findings of this study are diagnostic, and they assist the Department of Education in improving learner support provided by school social workers in schools. Most participants indicated that school social workers visit the school less frequently, making it difficult to monitor the coping mechanisms of learners with mental health issues. Since most schools lack school social workers, the Department of Basic Education should assign more school social workers to assist learners with mental health issues. Further study is required to determine more academic coping mechanisms used by learners who have mental health issues under the supervision of school social workers. This suggests that if the inadequate supply of mental health support services and medical care were addressed seriously, the high proportion of poor coping mechanisms among grade 11 physical sciences learners with mental health would decrease.

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Teacher Mental Health Promotion in Creating Quality Teaching Environments in Dysfunctional Secondary Schools

Cited by 2 publications

References 18 publications

Youth Participatory Action Research as a Catalyst for Health Promotion in a Rural South African School

Youth Participatory Action Research as a Catalyst for Health Promotion in a Rural South African School

The impact of mental health promotion on coping mechanism among Grade 11 physical sciences learners in Nkandla Circuit

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