Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Dear Colleagues,
The third session of our virtual Summer Sandbox Series: Ready, Steady, Learn! will be held on 12 August 2021 (Thursday).
Registration: Link
Session 3: Mind over stress: Rethinking stress to promote students’ well-being and resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic (2:30pm – 4:00pm, 12 August 2021)
Speaker: Dr. Imelda Santos Caleon, Assistant Dean – Partnerships, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Stress is a normal part of human existence. Excessive and chronic stress is associated with myriad psychological and physiological problems. Heightened level of stress has been associated with threatening situations, such as the ones wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. In line with these perspectives, the usual tendency of individuals is to avoid stressors or attenuate the stress that they experience. However, individuals, in many instances, cannot control the nature of stressors that they encounter; the use of stress-avoidance strategies may also be counter-productive. During this session, the participants will be introduced to the potentially productive approaches of framing stress and stressors and appraising stressful conditions. The correlational and casual associations of such approaches with well-being and resilience will also be discussed. The promise and potential of utilizing such approaches in teaching and learning, especially during the stressful periods of transition and uncertainty in mid- and post-pandemic classrooms, will also be presented and discussed.
More information about the Summer Sandbox Series can be found here
See you online!
Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning