What do 350,000 Australian students tell us about resilience?
Tracks
Wellbeing
| Friday, June 4, 2021 |
| 9:10 AM - 9:55 AM |
| Room P5 |
Details
How much does resilience matter to learning? According to 350,000 student responses to the Resilience Survey and recent peer-reviewed meta-studies, it matters a lot. Throughout primary and secondary school resilience is positively correlated with academic achievement. As a school leader, how you promote resilience may be the most influential action you take. But where to start? The genesis of Resilient Youth Australia was a single innovative idea: to measure student wellbeing (resilience) in the school setting. We call this the 'science of wellbeing'. In this presentation, Dr Wicking will introduce educators to the key resilience trends across Australian schools Grades 3-12, suggest proven resilience-building actions taken by real schools and outline how you can make positive and influential data-driven decisions for the resilience of your students.
Speaker
Dr Andrew Wicking
CEO
Resilient Youth Australia
What do 350,000 Australian students tell us about resilience?
Biography
Dr Andrew Wicking co-founded Resilient Youth Australia with a vision to put the science of wellbeing into Australian schools. Andrew is Adjunct Research Associate at the University of South Australia and alumnus of the Stanford Business School Executive Non-profit Leaders Course. He recently co-authored "Establishing norms for mental well-being in young people (7-19 years) using the General Health Questionnaire-12", Australian Journal of Psychology (2018). As Resilient Youth CEO, Andrew has developed online resilience, bullying and wellbeing surveys used by over 1,300 schools, state and local government departments, and national agencies. Andrew presents regularly at national and international forums.
