A World Café Discussion on Well-Being: Considerations for Life in the University

Autor/inn/en	McDermott, Mairi; Simmons, Marlon; Lock, Jennifer; Kenny, Natasha
Titel	A World Café Discussion on Well-Being: Considerations for Life in the University
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 11 (2020) 2, Artikel 15 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1918-2902
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Mental Health; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Barriers; Group Discussion; Campuses; Peer Relationship; School Policy; Strategic Planning; Affective Behavior; Work Environment; Risk; Organizational Culture; Leadership Role; Stress Variables; Teacher Burnout; Holistic Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychohygiene; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Gruppendiskussion; Peer-Beziehungen; Schulpolitik; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Arbeitsmilieu; Risiko; Unternehmenskultur; Burnout-syndrom; Burnout; Teacher; Teachers; Burnout-Syndrom; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Holistischer Ansatz
Abstract	How are universities conceptualizing and mobilizing well-being on their campuses? Our qualitative inquiry explores growing challenges of addressing educator mental health and well-being on university campuses. As part of an effort to increase awareness and support around issues of mental health and well-being at one university, a campus-wide strategy was announced in 2015. This article follows up on that strategy to understand how university educators come to identify with well-being. We collected composite anonymized data from a World Café discussion with a range of educators. The goals of the World Café discussion were to: (a) highlight campus-wide conversations on educator mental health and well-being; (b) explore multiple perspectives and make sense of how educators experience mental health and well-being; (c) create a space to nurture meaningful relationships; (d) inform the continued development of research, strategies, and policies to support educator mental health and well-being. We share four themes that emerged from the discussions to consider well-being and life in the university: (a) affective, relational and holistic aspects "in search of well-being"; (b) working through the messiness of well-being: risks and vulnerabilities; (c) inviting people into a culture of well-being; and (d) the role of leaders in moving beyond policy towards enactment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01