Fostering wellbeing competence through crosscurricular teaching: Wellbeing and skills for life

Søren Harnow Klausen, Søren Engelsen, Pia Nyman-Kurkiala, Jessica Hemberg

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Abstract

This chapter argues that the concern for students’ wellbeing should be seen as integral to the main objectives of teaching and education. Wellbeing is crucially important for students’ motivation and learning, across the curriculum, and achieving sufficient wellbeing is a fundamental life goal that calls for cross- and transcurricular teaching, including teaching of basic life skills. Recent discussions of Bildung have tended to overlook or downplay the importance of subjective wellbeing, though the classical conception emphasizes that acquisition of skills and knowledge must be personally and emotionally satisfying; this is also supported by contemporary theories of flow, self-efficacy, and intrinsic motivation. Drawing in part on recent research on the impact of the COVID-19 restrictions on students’ wellbeing, the chapter also introduces the notion of wellbeing competence, distinguishing its different components and giving suggestions for how to foster it in the classroom.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDeveloping a Didactic Framework across and beyond School Subjects
Subtitle of host publicationCross- and Transcurricular Teaching
EditorsSøren Harnow Klausen, Nina Mård
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter8
Pages87-105
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9781003367260
ISBN (Print)9781032433202, 9781032434292
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Dec 2023
MoE publication typeA3 Part of a book or another research book

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