Research is demonstrating that subtle shifts within higher education classroom contexts can create a profound impact on student well-being. This interactive workshop will share research, action, and innovations of two institutions who are creatively engaging faculty members to support and enhance student well-being.
This session will:
- Provide an interactive and generative space for faculty members and staff to consider the impact of learning environments on student well-being in higher education.
- Share innovative research and knowledge translation tools from two universities which can be adapted and used in other contexts, thus promoting consideration of future research in this area of inquiry.
- Provide participants an opportunity to begin to consider approaches to promoting well-being in learning environments at their own institutions.
This workshop will be organized into the following sections:
- Participants will be asked to remember one of their best profs from their undergraduate experience and prompted to think about what made them a good professor. Participants will be asked to keep this in mind as the session proceeds as good teaching is inherently good for well-being.
- Facilitators will share the research and theory that informs the well-being in learning environments projects. Facilitators will highlight the link between student well-being and academic success and share specific quantitative and qualitative data on students’ and faculty members’ perspectives on well-being in learning environments.
- In small groups, participants will be invited to consider and discuss key themes emerging from the research.
- Facilitators will point to resources to help guide colleagues who wish to pursue adaptations of the well-being in learning environments projects at their campus.
