So says Raymond Burns, an experienced Queensland teacher, who says a 'cult of wellbeing' in our schools involves ‘a lot ...
Has the wellbeing focus tipped too far in schools? One educator believes so
The student wellbeing push in Australian schools has all the hallmarks of a popular educational fad – it sounds wonderful, makes big promises, costs millions to implement, but ultimately will be debunked in the years to come and deemed a failed experiment on a mass scale.
"Very few of my colleagues – anywhere I've taught – have any counselling training, let alone psychological/psychiatric training," teacher Raymond Burns says.