The GHSI sees health as both a driver and a resource for education in schools. The vision is to develop schools where health is woven into every aspect of their school quality framework to create a good school that supports their educational quality.
Through mental, emotional, physical and social health interventions, schools will be places of learning, teaching and working for students, teachers, and staff. This approach will lead educational excellence by:
The Good Healthy Schools Initiative represents a transformative approach to education and health. It challenges us to rethink how we view the role of schools and to embrace a holistic, integrated model that supports the well-being of every member of the school community.
As educators, policymakers, and advocates, we can champion this initiative and create schools where health and education go hand in hand, ensuring that our students and teachers not only learn but also thrive.
We are very keen to attract like-minded individuals who want to build this body of knowledge and create a community together with us.
We are actively seeking collaborators from all stakeholder groups across the wider school community to share best practices in creating healthy school environments.
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The GHSI is a three-year international project to identify national and international partners who share a passion for creating healthy, thriving school environments for better educational results. The approach is simple, yet powerful and innovative: by integrating health interventions into schools’ organizational and educational frameworks, stakeholders can improve overall educational outcomes and school quality.
"The GHSI goes far beyond the conventional understanding of health education and health promoting schools. Central to the GHSI is that health is both an input and throughput factor driving better scholastic outcomes, rather than an output of the curriculum or teaching methodologies".
(Chapter 12: School heads as change agents: Salutogenetic management for better schools, Paulus 2010 and Paulus & Hundeloh, in Bollmann and Boustras 2020).
While the health-promoting school considers health as an important aspect of school life, the GHSI places additional emphasis on how health and education are interconnected for students, teachers, and all school staff in frames of school-quality development. It underscores the importance of holistic education that considers the school related health and well-being offerings to all members of the school community as the foundation for successful learning and teaching.
The GHSI places special emphasis on health interventions as drivers of quality of education, measures to promote conditions of health and well-being are therefore closely linked with pedagogical approaches and educational goals. For the GHSI, it is imperative that the respective educational authorities purposefully utilize health interventions in schools to improve educational outcomes. They do this when they seamlessly integrate the latest applied health science into the core of their didactic guidelines.
Another distinguishing element of the GHSI is its focus on promoting healthy opportunities for all members of the school community. The GHSI advocates for equal health opportunities across the entire spectrum of school community members: students, teachers, staff, administrators, and even related bodies such as parent-teacher organizations. The GHSI stipulates that opportunities must be available to all school community members, regardless of their social background or individual circumstances to promote educational outputs/outcomes with health.
The GHSI emphasizes the necessity of wider and more transparent collaboration among all stakeholders: ministries of education and health, administrators, teachers and teacher associations, health authorities, municipalities, parent representatives, external experts in pedagogy as well as in health. Together, stakeholders working in collaboration can affect more meaningful and longer lasting scholastic outcomes through health interventions.
Welcome to the GHSI Community Tool! This integrated platform is designed to connect educators, health professionals, and stakeholders who are committed to using health as a catalyst for improved scholastic outcomes. Our community tool offers a space for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual support, empowering members to drive meaningful changes in educational quality through health-focused initiatives.
Connect with a diverse group of professionals from around the world who share your commitment to enhancing educational outcomes through health interventions. Build relationships, exchange ideas, and form partnerships that can elevate your initiatives and projects, leading to happier and healthier students, teachers, and school communities.
Access a wealth of resources, including the latest research, best practices, and case studies focused on improving educational outcomes through health interventions. Contribute your own insights and experiences to help shape the future of education by integrating health into schools. Stay informed about innovative approaches and successful implementations that enhance both learning and well-being.
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