A Blog Review

I have just read a blog by a Professor called Stephen Bevan on Wellbeing in Schools - launch of an innovative new pilot programme. Health and wellbeing in schools and colleges has become an integral part in education.

Mr Stephen Bevan has written a blog to discuss and improve health and wellbeing within education. I have worked closely in a college environment to improve physical activity and I feel this blog relates to my personal experience. Below I will discuss and review Mr Stephen Bevans blogs and give my own thoughts and opinions on how we can improve health and well-being in education.

I totally agree with Mr Bevan who believes introducing new schemes and ideas into education should be a high priority throughout schools and colleges. I believe every school and college in the UK should implement health and well-being into their curriculum. By implementing health and well-being, it will hopefully increase the student’s education results as well as social skills and how to live a healthy life. Schools have statutory duties to promote children and young people’s well-being and statutory responsibilities to provide a curriculum that is broadly based, balanced and meets the needs of all pupils (Murray et al., 2007).

Mr Bevan has many concerns about student’s diet and physical activity level so by promoting and delivering health and well-being to students it will hopefully encourage and ensure that children and young people develop the knowledge and understanding, skills, capabilities and attributes which they need for mental, emotional, social and physical well-being now and in the future.

In addition to improving the health and well-being in schools, it can also improve student’s overall grades as research evidence shows that education and health are closely linked. By promoting the health and well-being of pupils and students within schools and colleges has the potential to improve their educational outcomes and their health and well-being outcomes. Bradley and Greene (2013) and Suhrcke and Paz Nieves (2011) believe health and education are closely linked. So by promoting and educating health and well-being to students within colleges and schools has the potential to improve their educational performances and their health and well-being outcomes.

However it is all good promoting health and well-being into the curriculum in schools and colleges for teachers and students to follow, but at home will the parents and students follow this procedure? I believe teachers can do their very best to educate and help students live a better lifestyle, however when the pupils are not in school, will they and their parents continue to follow the guidelines set by the schools and colleges?

 I don’t think they will!!!

I agree with the blog written, but Mr Bevan has not mentioned anything about how he would implement health and well-being strategies to parents and I feel there is still a lot of work to make health and well-being a success in education.

Reference List

Bradley B and Greene A (2013). Do health and education agencies in the United States share responsibility for academic achievement and health? A review of 25 years of evidence about the relationship of adolescents' academic achievement and health behaviors. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52 (5), 523-32 2.

Murray N, Low B, Hollis C, Cross A, Davis S (2007). Coordinated school health programs and academic achievement: A systematic review of the literature. J Sch Health. 77:589-600

Suhrcke M, de Paz Nieves C (2011). The impact on health and health behaviours on educational outcomes in high income countries: a review of the evidence. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/blog/2520/Wellbeing-in-Schools-launch-of-an-innovative-new-pilot-programme