health & school implications of social networking l stleger 15-09-11
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Webinar 15th September 2011
Professor Lawrence St.Leger Deakin University
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Why an Issue for School Health Vancouver Conference 2007
Accessibility of young people to technology
Changes in modes of communication
Changing notions of Empowerment
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Why an Issue for School Health Possibilities to enhance/inhibit learning
Possibilities to enhance/inhibit connections
Schools influence and control
Teachers’ skills compared to students’ skills
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What is Social networking? Social networking can be defined as:
Web-based services that allow individuals to (1)
construct a public or semi-public profile within abounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users withwhom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by
others within the system. The nature and nomenclatureof these connections may vary from site to site(Boyd & Ellison 2007).
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Some examples of Social
Networking Facebook
MySpace
Bebo You Tube
Flickr
etc
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Mental Wellbeing
Mental wellbeing initiatives in schools seek to build the
social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of students toenable them to achieve education and health goals and to interact with their peers, teachers, family and thecommunity in ways that are respectful and just.
IUHPE (2010)
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Mental Wellbeing
The number one health area for effective outcomes
See Blum et al (2002), Browne, et al (2004),Green et al (2005), Stewart –
Brown (2006), Weare and Markham (2005), Wells et al (2003)
See IUHPE document for further details
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Evidence of successful Mental
Wellbeing initiatives
Increase the connections of each student
Link home, school and community
Address the school ecology and environment
Use interactive learning and teaching approaches
Occur constantly over the students’ school life
IUHPE (2010)
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Promotion
Self esteem
Social skills
Problem solving
Conflict resolution
Emotional literacy
Peer relationships
Prevention
Antisocial behaviour Criminality/ violence
Bullying
Depression
Suicide
Anxiety
Aspects of Mental Wellbeing
Health Evidence Network (HEN) Reportfor WHO (2006)
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Evidence and Claims about the
Benefits of Social Networking Media literacy
Education
Creativity
Individual identity and self expression
Strengthening interpersonal relationships
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Evidence and Claims about the
Benefits of Social Networking
Sense of belonging
Strengthening and building communities
Civic engagement
Wellbeing
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Evidence and Claims about the
Harms of Social Networking
Connection changes
Imagination
Brain stimulation
Cognitive versus process
Risk taking
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Evidence and Claims about the
Harms of Social Networking Self esteem
Relationships
Over engagement
Isolation
Accessing young consumers
Sources: Greenfield (2011), Eckersley (2011)
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Implications for School Health
Initiatives Privacy
Digital footprints
Improved connection between students nationally andinternationally
Curriculum- its goals and learning options
Rural and isolated communities Teachers professional skills
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Implications for School Health
Initiatives
Developing countries
Accessing and understanding the research ‘Monitoring’ of young people
Education systems facilitating the necessary infrastructure
A rethink on how we conceptualise mental wellbeingin schools
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The Health CurriculumBloom (1956)
Knowledge Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Anderson and Kratwohl (2000)
Remembering Understanding
Applying
Analysing
Evaluating
Creating
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Some ideas…. Be proactive about the technology
Always use the evidence about the factors which build
the mental wellbeing of school students Bloom, and now Anderson and Kratwohl’s Learning
Hierarchies
Professional development for teachers
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Some references Collin et al (2011) ‘The benefits of social networking services – a literature review’ (the report is
online)
Eckersley, R. (2011). ‘A new narrative of young people’s health and wellbeing’. Journal of
Youth Studies. First published 13 April 2011 (iFirst)
Greenfield, S (2011) ‘Does on-line networking harm children?’ (go to this title on the ABC site ‘Festivalof dangerous ideas’ and see her presentation)
IUHPE (2010) ‘Promoting health in schools – from evidence to action’ (go to iuhpe.org)
(There is a very full reference list here)
Semo, R. and Karmel, T (2011) ‘Social capital and youth transitions: do young people's networksimprove their participation in education and training?’ (document is online)