Reimagining Well-Being in the Age of Accountability: Lessons From the Atlantic Rim Collaboratory

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This interactive 90-minute symposium will present and analyze the work of member systems of the Atlantic Rim Collaboratory, a global public education network oriented towards humanistic education reform. Specifically, it will examine how three systems – Ireland, Scotland, and Ontario – define and measure wellbeing as an imperative for educational change internationally. The symposium will identify the similar and contrasting ways in which the three systems relate wellbeing to student achievement as: 1) a catalyst for achievement, 2) a complement to achievement, and 3) a constituent of achievement in its own right. It will also explore how they connect student wellbeing to teacher wellbeing.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Educational Change

Chairs

• Andy Hargreaves, Boston College

• Joelle Pedersen, Boston College

Papers

• Being Well, Getting Better: Toward Well-Being as an Emergent Culture of Global Education Reform - Joelle Pedersen, Boston College; Caitlin Long, Boston College; Min Jung Kim, Boston College; Andy Hargreaves, Boston College

• Ireland Engaging Actively in Well-Being Promotion - Margaret Mary Grogan, National Educational Psychological Service

• The Ontario Well-Being Journey - Denise Dwyer, Ontario Ministry of Education; Suzanne Gordon, Ontario Ministry of Education

• Health and Well-Being in Scotland: The Responsibility of All - Suzanne Hargreaves, Education Scotland

Discussant

• Pasi Sahlberg, University of New South Wales