Creating a shared understanding of wellbeing: A comparison in wellbeing discourse between Aotearoa New Zealand and Ireland

Veronica O’toole; Fionnuala Tynan; Margaret Nohilly

Creating a shared understanding of wellbeing: A comparison in wellbeing discourse between Aotearoa New Zealand and Ireland

Veronica O’toole, Fionnuala Tynan, Margaret Nohilly

University of Canterbury

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Abstract

Wellbeing is a highly discussed, hotly debated commodity in today’s world. While described as an ‘ideal’ (Sointu 2005: 255) or highly desirable virtue, actually determining what wellbeing means or what it might ‘do’ (McLeod and Wright 2016) remains a challenge for educators north and south of the equator. How should children be assisted to achieve this desirable state in the current COVID world? Using Spratt’s (2017) thematic analysis of predominant discourses of wellbeing in schools, this chapter discusses and critiques several theoretical wellbeing perspectives, intending that this might inform implementation of government wellbeing strategies for children in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) and the Republic of Ireland.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Wellbeing
Subtitle of host publication	Global Policies and Perspectives: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond
Editors	Annelies Kamp , Cheryl Brown , Trish McMenamin
Publisher	Peter Lang AG
Chapter	3
Pages	57-80
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781800794672
ISBN (Print)	9781800794542
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2023

Keywords

wellbeing
educators
COVID
New Zealand
Republic of Ireland

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Creating a shared understanding of wellbeing: A comparison in wellbeing discourse between Aotearoa New Zealand and Ireland. / O’toole, Veronica; Tynan, Fionnuala ; Nohilly, Margaret.
Wellbeing: Global Policies and Perspectives: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond. ed. / Annelies Kamp ; Cheryl Brown ; Trish McMenamin. Peter Lang AG, 2023. p. 57-80.

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