Promoting health and wellbeing of school aged children – a cource for international exhange students
In co-operation with Maikkula secondary school
Ulla-Maija Seppänen OUASTiina Tervaskanto-Mäentausta OUASAnna Skytte Maikkula secondary school Aino Pitkänen Maikkula secondary school
The cource was based on “Healthy future” action model to promote wellbeing of children and teenaged in the city of Oulu
The idea of the model is to utilize better research based knowledge when preventive programs is plannedhttp://info.stakes.fi/kouluterveyskysely/EN/index.htm
Maikkula secondary school is a pilot school to develope the practical solutions with Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Background of the cource
Oulu.fi
Aims 2008 - 2011
Aims 2006 – 2009 * Increased tolerance * Stronger parenting * Improved eating habits * Less tiredness, neck and shoulder pain
Physical and mental
symptoms
Lack of parenting, lifestyle
Living conditions Schoolwork
Health Health habits
Lack of exercise
Lack of sleep and rest
Experienced physical threat
Unhealthy eating habits
Use of intoxicants, tobacco and drugs
Physical and mental conditions at school
Studies difficult & strenuous
Bullying at school
DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES BASED ON THE SCHOOL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE
2005
2011
2009
2007
ACTORS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Objective * Increasing physical, mental and social health and well-being of children and families * Strengthening a culture of life management, participation and caring * Promoting joint responsibility and multiprofessional cooperation
2013
2015
School Health Questionnaire
Aims 2010 – 2013
Aims 2012 – 2015
ACTIVE HEALTH PROMOTION Families
Other actors
Social and health care, education, youth, sports, culture, environmental and technical sector
Young people
The cource has been carried out now three times from Spring 2008 as one of our international study courses
The students has been exchange students (physiotherapy and occupational therapy) from different European countries as well Finnish. The language of the course has been English.
The target group has been one class from Maikkula secondary school. The pupils has been 14-15 years old.
The background of the lecturers from OUAS (Oulu University of Applied Sciences) was preventive health care, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
Implementation
The aim of the course was to start the learning and reflecting process of the pupils about the issues of health and wellbeing in using different occupations to make themes more interesting and concrete
The second aim was to make the pupils work as a group and think and talk about the project themes in english
The pedagogical aim was to develop student-centered learning methods using interprofessional theory base
Aims
Project plan
Planning meeting with Maikkula teachers before starting
5 workshops with students and pupils to produce the product of ”promoting health”
Evaluating and writing a report of the project
Products and movements 2008
Implementation 2010
The aim of the project 2010 was to prepare critical movies conserning health and wellbeing of the teenaged pupils from 8. grade
-Tutors from Maikkula and OUAS
-Occupational therapist students from 3 European countries
Students aims was to learn group work, use of pupils activating methods, promoting pupils to make healthy choices in their lives
15.2.101. Session
22.2.102. Session
1.3.103. Session
15.3.104.Session
22.3.105. Session
29.3.10Film Festival
Wellcome X X X X X
IntroductionMaking a collage - common topics
Game X X X Preparing the class
Watching the movies
Survey
Sharing moment
Loughing moment
Giving the diplomas
Dividing in groups -topics
Planning the movie
X
Start to prepare the scene
Taking fotos X
Editing the movies
Finishing the movies
Ending ritual - feedback
X X X X X
Learning and production process
Starting the session….
Groups are working
Topics:SPORTS, NATURE and FOOD
…. Topis is FOOD
…Preparing and editing the movies
Evaluation
• After each session oral evaluation for planning the next session
• Survey at the end:– How important: 13 (15) , 1:/– How much affects: 9 , 5 :/– Want to change life style: 9 no, 4 yes– How to took part of the group: 12 , 1:/– To speak English: 8 , 4:/, 1 no answer
Evaluation
• What was good/bad, why:– Games +– Filming +– Speaking English + and -– Planning, taking fotos +
Evaluation
“I was surprised that I could lead a group in a proper way because I never did it before
Leading a project group was for me very pleasant. I tried to find a good combination between supporting and observing, but this are still skills were I have to grown in the future
.. after a couple of sessions we found out who was strong in what and we worked like a real team
I also tried to search for nice ideas and tried to evaluate them with ideas from the others…the others interpretive the phenomena in a different way. This gave me the opportunity to learn and think in a different way and to evaluate a new way of thinking.”
A self evaluation of one student
Thank you for your attention!
Ending ritual