Responding to the needs of students with mental health difficulties in higher education: an Irish perspective

Abstract

This article presents findings from a recent national study supported by Association for Higher Education Access & Disability and the National Learning Network (2016) to investigate the experiences of students with mental health difficulties in higher education in Ireland. The data investigation was a combination of both survey and qualitative research activities. A total of 22 out of 28 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Ireland participated in a national survey. In addition 14 students and 11 professionals participated in focus groups and semi-structured one-to-one interviews. This article focuses on the qualitative data collected. While the topic of the needs of students with mental health difficulties is an under-researched area in Ireland, this study does recognise and build on recent work both nationally and internationally. The study demonstrates the benefits of a whole campus approach to meeting the needs of students with mental health difficulties combined with specialised supports. It recommends that that individual HEIs review existing policies and practices for students with mental health difficulties.     

Responding to expressed needs

In this article, John Cowan (Open University in Scotland), Carlos Alonzo‐Blanqueto (University of Merida, Yucatan) and Derek Fordyce (Heriot‐Watt University) describe their efforts to offer learners genuine openness as regards course content. They draw on three examples from diverse situations to illustrate their use of the ‘sideline tutor’, an arrangement by which learners can directly influence the choice of what they are about to learn and what the teacher teaches’.     

影视歌曲对大学生心理健康影响的探寻

探寻影视歌曲与大学生身心健康之间的关系,由总结归纳影视歌曲的功能入手,分别举例阐述论证了其抒情、渲染、德育渗透、传承、引领的功能,对大学生潜移默化的熏陶作用,为促进大学生人格的塑造和身心的发展,影视歌曲具有不可磨灭的教化作用。     

某高职院校心理咨询专业学生心理健康状况分析

经过对漳州市某高职院校心理咨询专业的新生和毕业生、其他专业毕业生采用症状自评量表（SCL-90）进行测评,并与全国青年组常模对比分析,结果显示：心理咨询专业新生SCL-90中9个因子任意一个因子≥2分的检出率为47．4％,≥3分的检出率为8．33％,强迫、抑郁、焦虑、恐怖及精神病性这几项的因子分显著高于全国青年常模;2006级心理咨询专业毕业生的心理健康状况与其刚入学时、全国青年组常模及其他专业毕业生比较,强迫、人际关系敏感、抑郁、焦虑等多数心理症状改善显著,具有统计学意义。经过三年的专业理论学习及专业技能训练,心理咨询专业学生的心理健康水平得到提高。     

浅谈如何与学生进行有效的沟通

现代的大学生具有很强的独立性和自主性,他们有自己的观点,有自己的主张,自尊心较强。而高校辅导员作为学生思想上的引导者、专业上的指导者,生活上的关心者,对学生的学习、为人处事、今后的工作,起着至关重要的作用。但是现在的学生对辅导员缺乏信任,戒备心较强,这很不利于辅导员工作的开展。只有我们能够与学生进行有效的沟通以后,学生愿意接受我们的时候,我们才能有的放矢的开展好辅导员工作,使得我们能够圆满的完成辅导员的神圣职责的同时,也能使我们的学生有更好的发展。     

高职大学生心理健康教育模式研究

文章探讨了高职大学生心理健康教育的背景，对高职大学生心理健康现状进行调查研究和理性分析，在此基础上提出了适应我国特点的高职大学生心理健康教育模式体系。     

关于当代大学生心理健康问题的研究

当前大学生心理问题逐渐凸显,各类校园事件的频发也使得社会开始广泛关注心理问题学生的心理健康教育。全面推进素质教育是党赋予各高校的严峻任务,身为辅导员队伍的一份子,我们也应当勇于承担起责任。本文旨在通过现象发觉改善大学生心理健康教育的新途径。     

浅谈高校辅导员如何有效地管理学生

通过长期的探索、尝试和实践,浅谈高校辅导员如何有效地管理学生,提高管理教育学生的有效性。     

自我同一性与大学生心理健康分析

同一性是一个重要的心理学概念,大学生自我同一性状态与心理健康水平显著相关,自我同一性的分析对于加强和改进大学生心理健康教育具有重要意义。     

指导学生有效地开展研究性学习

文章介绍了作者对如何指导学生有效地开展研究性学习的看法。提出要选好课题 ,选题及研究过程要体现开放性。文中还强调了让学生亲身经历研究性学习过程的重要作用。     

What are the personal attributes a teacher needs to engage Indigenous students effectively in the learning process? Re-viewing the literature

ABSTRACT

Background: Teachers have the potential to make an enormous positive impact on the lives of their students, and may enter the classroom with a deep-set belief that education is, fundamentally, benevolent and good. However, such an uncritical stance may fail to account for the negative experiences of Indigenous students in Australia, where teachers are often cited as the primary reason Indigenous students leave school or refuse to go to school. Despite this, Aboriginal communities remain strong advocates of education and continue to lobby for a genuine and meaningful role in decision making.

Purpose: Given teachers’ critical influence, a collaboration was formed between the two authors: a Gamilaroi (Aboriginal) woman and a non-Indigenous Canadian woman, to conduct a review of the research. We asked: ‘What are the personal (non-academic) attributes a teacher needs to engage Indigenous students effectively in the learning process?’

Method: The literature review focused primarily on the Australian context and used a framework-based synthesis approach, whereby a decolonising ‘Relationally Responsive Standpoint’ framework was identified a priori. This provided the structure for extracting and synthesising the literature.

Findings and Discussion: The themes arising from the literature review were organised and considered through the framework, which foregrounds awareness through Respecting (self/motivations), Connecting (interpersonal) and Reflecting (knowledge) before concluding by Directing (future role). In Directing, the implications of the findings are discussed through yarning, a dialogical and dynamic approach with a strong future focus regarding the next steps of research and action.

Conclusions: Reviewing the literature in this way offers teachers, researchers, teacher educators and, arguably, policy-makers an opportunity to consider the personal attributes necessary to engage Indigenous students. It highlights the importance of critical self-reflection to being a relationally responsive teacher. We believe that the findings span international and professional boundaries and could impact on Indigenous Peoples globally, if all professions engage with an understanding of their own axiology and ontology.     

关注大学生心理健康教育

大学生心理健康现在已越来越成为人们关注的问题,本文通过分析大学生心理健康问题的表现和出现的原因,结合自身工作谈几点关于新时期大学生心理健康问题的想法。     

浅论准留学生心理健康问题

我国对于中国留学生在留学前的心理健康教育有着严重的缺失,社会对于留学生的重视往往放在海归人才上,而忽视了准留学生的思想教育和心理辅导。大学应面向社会开设相关课程和讲座,为众多准留学生及其父母提供服务。     

初二学生心理健康状况的调查

新教育理念突出教育以学生为本,关注学生全面健康地发展,中学生的心理健康教育问题受到了全社会的关注。为了更好地了解初中学生的心理状况,为学校开展心理健康教育提供参考资料,通过问卷调查和个别访谈的方式,对福州市民族中学初二学生进行了心理问题的调查,并分析了常见的心理问题,提出教育和防范措施。     

大学专科生心理健康调查与分析

通过大学生人格问卷(UPI)和临床症状自评量表SCL-90对大专生心理健康状况及症状分布的调查研究，我们发现：大专生的心理健康状况总体良好；除个别症状外，男女生心理问题无显差异；人际关系敏感是他们的最主要临床症状。     

怎样激发学生的求知欲望

兴趣是最好的老师，欲望是前进的动力，激发学生的学习兴趣和求知欲望，事关教育教学质量的提高，事关民族的振兴和国家的发展，每一个教育工作者责无旁贷。     

学生课堂回答中不良心理及疏导策略

培养学生具有良好的心理素质是新课程改革的目标之一。课堂教学中学生回答出错后会产生一些不良心理,对此,教师要注意及时疏导,讲究策略,培养学生良好心态。     

高校贫困大学生健康心理培育机制研究

目前,我国正处于社会经济发展转型期,随着经济的迅速发展,社会贫富差距的增大,贫困大学生现已经成为当前我国高校在校大学生中的一个特殊群体,较普通的大学生而言,这个群体存在的心理问题的比例较高。     

家庭因素对高校大学生心理健康状况的研究

健康是社会永恒的话题,在这个生活步伐加快的时代,人们关注的不仅仅是身体健康,更注重心理健康。近几年来,因心理问题而出现的一系列高校大学生行为偏差引起了社会的广泛关注,在人们探究其原因的时候发现,家庭因素占有一定的比例。文章旨在探讨家庭因素对高校大学生心理健康的影响,并提出相关解决意见,希望为祖国培养出更多的健康人才出一份力。