Critically analyse the impact on your understanding of your role and your schools/settings role?

PGCE Essay

Title: A critical review of supporting children’s wellbeing in education (3000 words)

Assignment Guidance

Using a key article from one of the module themes, evaluate how you have adapted your teaching and the impact on learning having developed critical insights from theory and research.

Discuss how this has impacted on your practice as a professional.

  • Identify the article you have chosen: https://www.unicef.es/sites/unicef.es/files/IPSOS_UNICEF_ChildWellBeingreport.pdf
  • Explore the article and readings
  • Understanding the wider context (internationally, nationally) and how this has informed your schools/setting policy?
  • How is this research shaping your thinking or practice of educational issues?
  • Critically reflect and unpack the debate around ‘supporting children’s wellbeing in schools.
  • How has the research informed your understanding on teacher professionalism, policy and practice.
  • Critically analyse the impact on your understanding of your role and your schools/settings role?

Plan

Structure of the essay: Criticality – Reflection – Analysis – Depth and Breadth

  • What is meant by wellbeing? (Mention the literature by Ipsos Mori) – Compare different definitions.
  • International Context and picture (Sweden? Spain? UK? Other countries) – How well does England do in student well-being compared to other countries? Well-being league tables.
  • National Context/Policy and picture (Early Years, Primary and Secondary) – Across the education continuum.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1020249/Promoting_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_and_wellbeing.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/747709/Mental_health_and_wellbeing_provision_in_schools.pdf

  • Local Policies – What does this look like? (Your age phase – Secondary school) What is your setting’s policy related to wellbeing? Develop an awareness of the different strategies and initiatives that are in place to support wellbeing.
  • Rutlish (Placement 2) – Demography of the area. Inclusion (Mentoring, Inclusion Team), Place2Be, Physical and Mental Wellbeing, PSHE Lessons, mindfulness of teachers. The impact of Covid-19 (Mention briefly). Staff well-being.

https://www.rutlish.merton.sch.uk/school-life/wellbeing

3000 words

15-20 references

Writing in the third person.