Student voice and wellbeing in your library Jackie Rassell [email protected] @tunawhakapeke @jackie_rassell
May 30, 2020
Student voice and wellbeing in your library
Jackie [email protected] @tunawhakapeke @jackie_rassell
AIM OF TODAY ...
● What is student voice and wellbeing
● Why student voice and wellbeing are important
● Share some of the things I have done
● Opportunity for you to share
● Time to reflect for 2020
WHAT IS VOICE??
It is students …
● Seeing themselves
● Able to be creative
● Offering suggestions and being heard
● Sharing their passions
● Being themselves and being valued
● Being respected
● Having control of their environment
● Having a sense of agency
My thoughts!
Having a VOICE creates a sense of
BELONGING which helps to promote
WELLBEING!
What the academics say ...
“Agency is a dimension that enriches the
construct of student engagement”
SO …
Voice + belonging + wellbeing = engagement =
Molinari, Luisa & Mameli, Consuelo. (2017). Basic psychological needs and school engagement: a focus on justice and
agency. Social Psychology of Education. 10.1007/s11218-017-9410-1.
Engagement is important because ...
“Opportunities for social engagement are equally as
important as intellectual pursuits”
“Connecting with others for both educational and non-
educational activities is beneficial from an academic, social
and emotional perspective”
Redmond, Petrea, et al. "An Online Engagement Framework for Higher Education." Online Learning Journal [OLJ], vol. 22, no. 1, 2018,
p. 183+. Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete, https://link-gale-
com.ezproxy.kotui.ac.nz/apps/doc/A573558338/PROF?u=per_k12&sid=PROF&xid=c1477726.
THE PHYSICAL SPACE
STUDENT LIBRARIANS
STUDENT LIBRARIANS
STUDENT LIBRARIANS
Some successful ideas that have allowed for voice and creativity ...
● Poetry Press
● Club Day
● Book Tournament
● House of Horrors
● Zine Fest
POETRY PRESS
CLUB DAY
BOOK TOURNAMENT
HOUSE OF HORRORS
HORRORS contd
ZINE FEST
ZINES contd