LFU:online

Basic orientation in personal and professional wellbeing; introduction to science-based interventions to improve wellbeing at the individual and systemic levels; innovative ways to teach wellbeing; connecting subjective wellbeing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Wellbeing interventions in the global context; wellbeing theory, e.g. PERMA; strategies to improve wellbeing at the subjective, personal level; examples of systemic interventions for wellbeing in the context of learning; background to SDG #3 on good health and wellbeing, and SDG #4 on quality education.

You will implement and practice short-term, small-scale wellbeing strategies that has been used successfully in the global context.

Interactive; appreciative inquiry; narrative methods.

Mini-portfolio on personal wellbeing; narratives.

Web-links during course presentation

Recommended reading:

Positive Nations and Communities: https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9789400768680

Wellbeing Research in South Africa: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400763678