...Holly Hartnett Purpose This study explores how teacher wellbeing is influenced across different levels of the school ecological system. Framed through the lens of basic psychological needs theory (BPNT) and Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory (EST), it aims to identify systemic supports...

... class groups with a total of 121 students (75 males and 46 females) and 5 teachers (1 male and 4 females). The students were all in their second year of post-primary school, between the ages of 13 and 14. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyse the data collected. Findings Two main themes...

... of health education in Canada, this study examined health education teachers' perspectives about how health education is being delivered in K-12 schools. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through an online survey completed by 120 health education teachers from across Canada. The survey...

...Emma Farrell; Jennifer Symonds; Dympna Devine; Seaneen Sloan; Mags Crean; Abbie Cahoon; Julie Hogan Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of the term well-being as conceptualised by parents, grandparents, principals and teachers in the Irish primary education system...

... to uncover the SEC of one secondary school health teacher's students and to help her make evidence-based curricular and instructional decisions. Design/methodology/approach Inspired by bibliguidance (or bibliotherapeutic) approaches to well-being, the researchers and teacher developed a fiction...

...Janandani Nanayakkara; Claire Margerison; Anthony Worsley Purpose Teachers play important roles in school food and nutrition education. This study aims to explore Australian teachers' self-efficacy beliefs (i.e. belief in their own capabilities to perform specific teaching tasks) in teaching...

...Sharan Ram; Masoud Mohammadenzhad Purpose Teachers are a key to success for school-based sex health education programmes; however, they may not be able to consistently implement it due to a myriad of reasons. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of teachers regarding the delivery of sexual...

...Gail Boddy; Alison Booth; Anthony Worsley Purpose Teachers disseminate food knowledge and skills in secondary school curricula that provide essential skills for a healthy life. The purpose of this paper is to explore Australian secondary school teachers’ views of healthy eating and their sources...

... is to explore teachers’ perspectives on implementation through a bottom-up participatory process. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative participatory approach was employed. This comprised groups of teachers theorising and creating schemas of school-based implementation. Findings Two schemas were...

...Janandani Nanayakkara; Claire Margerison; Anthony Worsley Purpose Implementation of a new food literacy curriculum provides multiple health and social benefits to school students. The success of any new curriculum execution is partly determined by teachers’ perceptions about the new curriculum...

...Anja Stiller; Hanna Schwendemann; Paula Bleckmann; Eva-Maria Bitzer; Thomas Mößle Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to introduce MEDIA PROTECT, a multi-modal intervention for parents and teachers with six components preventing problematic, and in the long run addictive, use...

...Maria Waling; Cecilia Olsson Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore to what extent teachers eat together with pupils during school lunches and their attitudes toward using these lunches to reach the educational goals stated in the Swedish compulsory school curriculum...

... and urban/rural locations. Case studies comprised observation of Cooking Bus sessions, and interviews with school staff. Findings The Cooking Bus forged connections with schools through aligning intervention and schools’ goals, focussing on pupils’ cooking skills, training teachers and contributing...

...Teresa Vilaça Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss teachers’ practices, barriers and facilitating factors associated with a regional school-based action-oriented sexuality education (SE) project with the use of information and communication technology. Design/methodology/approach...

...Maria Ingemarson; Maria Bodin; Birgitta Rubenson; Karin Guldbrandsson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how teachers received and perceived the school programme Prevention in School (PS), a positive behavioural support programme; how did the teachers perceive the programme...

...Dongxu Wang; Donald Stewart; Chun Chang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of a holistic school-based nutrition programme using the health-promoting school (HPS) approach, on teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to nutrition in rural China...

...Sandra P Fordyce-Voorham Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test an hypothesis that teachers’ personal orientations toward food preparation, nutrition and environmental issues would be related to their perceived importance of food skills. Design/methodology/approach – Little research...

...Didier Jourdan; Carine Simar; Christine Deasy; Graça S. Carvalho; Patricia Mannix McNamara Purpose – Health and education are inextricably linked. Health promotion sits somewhat uncomfortably within schools, often remaining a marginal aspect of teachers’ work. The purpose of this paper...

...) network in Poland. Design/methodology/approach – The project was implemented in 2012 in 22 primary and lower secondary schools, with a group of 780 teachers and 276 non-teaching staff. To be eligible for their school to be included, head teachers and at least 60 per cent of school staff members had...

...Dejana Bouillet; Tea Pavin Ivanec; Renata Miljević-Riđički Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the resilience of preschool teachers, aspects of teachers’ readiness to develop children's resilience and the relationship between the two constructs of resilience and readiness...