Answer to Question #309868 in English for lema

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Question 1 Teaching profession requires individuals who can deal with school dynamics and complex human behaviour. Apart from cognitive support that teachers deal with daily, they are also expectations to provide phyco-social support to learners. As a student teacher, briefly identify at least five phyco-social factors and discuss their risks to learners especially when they are not supported. (4x5=2

Answer 1

Psycho-social well-being is based on an inseparable combination of biological, emotional,

spiritual, cultural, social, mental, and material aspects of experience. Instead of focusing

exclusively on the physical or psychological aspects of health and well-being, psycho-social

programmes emphasise the totality of people’s experience and underline the need to view these

issues within the context of the wider family and community networks in which they occur.

The five phyco-social factors  include:

 Establishing a routine and opportunities for regular learning activities, either in schools, or

other safe spaces

 Providing opportunities for children to interact with their peers, and supportive adult

interaction. This requires training of teachers and facilitators to provide supportive responses

to conversations and facilitate appropriate group discussion activities according to age level

 The provision of sports, creative arts and opportunities for free play

 Structured opportunities for discussion, play, drama, music, art, writing etc to process

experiences. These can be conducted within safe spaces or by teachers in schools or nonformal education settings

 Activities to encourage parents to participate in their child’s education through family/student/teacher group discussions or peer-to-peer parenting circles to develop their psycho-social skills to support their children

 Advocating for community support to children’s well-being