O ambiente educacional de internato e suas relações com a promoção do bem-estar psicológico de professores e estudantes

Abstract

There is a link of great importance between health and education, and the school is the setting for this partnership, having as one of the main focuses the Health Promotion in the School. The school phase is a unique moment, during this period the capacity of the affective capacities, cognitive and social aspects of the individual. School and family join forces in the search for the socialization of the child, and the teacher, acts as a model and mediator of social experiences, which take place in the educational environment, this environment is an agent of significant influence in the learning teaching process. When we look at the educational environment of boarding school, we can notice that there is a fairly broad sphere, because in this configuration, the student resides in the environment in which he studies, thus, the influence becomes even greater. Understanding this reality, the present study aims to know and investigate the influence of the educational environment of boarding school for the promotion of psychological well-being of teachers and students. This is an applied, cross-sectional, prospective, mixed-approach study with 27 teachers and 129 basic education students of a boarding school in southern Brazil. For the data collection procedure, the following instruments will be used sociodemographic questionnaire (QS), with the purpose of identifying the participants of the research, then the Psychological Well-Being Scale (EBEP) will be applied in order to know the level of psychological well-being, finally, the research participants will be part of a Focal Group (GF), which will allow the identification of the perceptions and feelings of the participants in relation to the theme of the research. The results of the research reveal that there is a significant relationship between the educational environment of boarding school and promoting the psychological well-being of teachers and students. We had the participation of all invited teachers and one hundred six students (82.2 %). Teachers report in the focus group on the importance of the educational space of boarding school for the promotion of autonomy, interpersonal relationships and the life purpose of their students. Students highlight the importance of this experience for their personal growth, autonomy and self-acceptance, eighty four students (79.3%) have a high level of psychological well-being, however, twenty two students (20.7%) have weaknesses. The totality of the results will be discussed throughout this dissertation.