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TY - CHAP
T1 - Strategies for Developing Mental Toughness in Higher Education and Measuring the Impact
AU - Meggs, Jenny
AU - Sewell, Peter
PY - 2022/3/17
Y1 - 2022/3/17
N2 - There is an increasing awareness that higher education institutions face significant challenges in managing and supporting students as they transition into university life. If Higher Education institutions struggle to achieve this important aim, this can lead to an increase in student drop-out. This can of course present significant financial implications and challenges and worse still, result in mental health challenges in students. The concept of Mental Toughness has been shown in a substantial number of investigations, to develop our understanding of why some people might be more vulnerable to these pressures than others. Importantly, it provides both a means of identifying those people and insights about ways they can be best supported. This chapter proposes a well-researched Mental Toughness framework to facilitate and support universities with these challenges and highlights three key strategies for managing this successfully.
AB - There is an increasing awareness that higher education institutions face significant challenges in managing and supporting students as they transition into university life. If Higher Education institutions struggle to achieve this important aim, this can lead to an increase in student drop-out. This can of course present significant financial implications and challenges and worse still, result in mental health challenges in students. The concept of Mental Toughness has been shown in a substantial number of investigations, to develop our understanding of why some people might be more vulnerable to these pressures than others. Importantly, it provides both a means of identifying those people and insights about ways they can be best supported. This chapter proposes a well-researched Mental Toughness framework to facilitate and support universities with these challenges and highlights three key strategies for managing this successfully.
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781800432574
T3 - Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
SP - 121
EP - 135
BT - Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy for Higher Education Classrooms
A2 - Sengupta, Enakshi
A2 - Blessinger, Patrick
PB - Emerald
CY - Bingley
ER -