Wellbeing – a negotiated curriculum
Schools have significant autonomy and flexibility when it comes to developing their junior cycle Wellbeing programmes. The NCCA’s Junior Cycle Wellbeing Guidelines set out the principles and steps involved in developing a school Wellbeing programme (p.52-53).
The starting point in planning for Wellbeing needs to be a dialogue with students to help identify their needs, questions and concerns. The curriculum negotiation has significant potential in supporting planning for JC Wellbeing while simultaneously providing a practical structure that integrates the learning across the curriculum components that make up the programme.
Dr. John O’Reily of the School of Education, University of Limerick, introduces and summarise the project ‘Negotiated Integrated Curriculum’ which was detailed in the PhD thesis of Dr. Joanne Fitzpatrick. The project revealed that by allowing the students to be involved in negotiating their own wellbeing curriculum, they became more motivated and engaged, their capacity to learn improved, their behaviour and socialisation improved and they had a positive disposition towards the curriculum.
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