Develop your teaching strategies to promote student mental health and wellbeing
This microcredential offers educators from a variety of sectors and settings the opportunity to better understand the impact of mental health issues on learners.
Understand the mental health implications of online learning
You’ll explore how the use of technology can affect student mental wellbeing and better understand the mental health implications associated with online learning.
As well as identifying the potential negative effects of digital learning, you’ll also explore ways of harnessing technology to enhance student mental wellbeing.
The course Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum will start on 14 Mar 2022.
Once you’ve successfully completed the microcredential, you’ll receive your academic credits from The Open University. You’ll have ongoing, unlimited access to the course materials.
By the end of the microcredential, you’ll be able to...
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the different ways in which mental health is defined and discussed and of the relationship between mental health and learning in diverse global contexts.
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Design teaching, learning and assessment activities that promote mental wellbeing and are conducive to positive mental health.
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Identify some of the barriers to embedding mental health into the curriculum and the ways in which they might be managed.
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Evaluate existing curriculum content and identify potential impacts, positive and negative, on student mental health.
Once you’ve successfully completed the microcredential, you’ll receive your academic credits from The Open University. You’ll have ongoing, unlimited access to the course materials.
Are you eligible for this microcredential?
To study for this postgraduate microcredential, you will ideally have:
- A Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent level qualification
- Experience working in education or training
- A strong interest in learner mental health and wellbeing
All teaching is in English. If English is not your first language we recommend you can achieve an IELTS score of at least seven.
The microcredential is part of a planned suite of courses addressing aspects of online education – including Online Teaching: Creating Courses for Adults Learners and Online Teaching: Evaluating and Improving Courses.
Is this microcredential right for you?
This microcredential has a global focus and the skills you’ll learn will be relevant for learners from countries around the world.
The course addresses some of the mental health issues that have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is specifically intended for teachers, trainers, lecturers, learning designers, educational technologists, heads of department and institution leaders and managers in a variety of settings, including schools (particularly secondary education), colleges, universities, and workplace learning settings.
Once you’ve successfully completed the microcredential, you’ll receive your academic credits from The Open University. You’ll have ongoing, unlimited access to the course materials.