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ERIC Number: EJ1406328
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
EISSN: EISSN-1923-1857
Conceptualizations of Student Wellness in Alberta Public School Results Reports
Matthew Nielsen; Joseph Amundrud
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v69 n3 p342-362 2023
As concern for student wellness permeates into educational objectives, educators require high-quality tools to better understand wellness. A content analysis of a representative sample of the Annual Education Results Reports from Alberta public school divisions revealed patterns in the framing of student wellness through the five wellness domains outlined in the Alberta K-12 Student Wellness Framework (Alberta Education, 2009). Three key discoveries were highlighted: Most wellness language focused on emotional and social wellness, physical wellness was underrepresented, and ambiguity characterized a significant portion of wellness mentions. We applied a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis to our results, which revealed opportunities for improvement regarding how educators speak about, address, and measure issues of student wellness. Creating a new assurance category for student wellness arose as a significant opportunity.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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