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‘Don’t catastrophise…give it your all’: Student wellbeing and PERMA in the primary to secondary school transition
Pastoral care in education
2025
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Abstract
Transitioning into secondary school from the primary school setting is, for many young people, a big change. Not only are students moving into a new physical environment, they are also adapting to changes in their peer networks, academic workload, behavioural expectations and increased demands on their self-management skills in the context of biological adolescent changes. Whilst the gamut of changes in the learning setting is excitedly anticipated by some students, others feel anxious and are daunted by it, with a wide variety of shifting emotions occurring at different times for many students. What is it, then, that can help or hinder students during this important time in their lives? This study explores how a student’s wellbeing and personal disposition potentially impact upon their experiences and perceptions of the primary to secondary school transition, through the use of focus group interviews and a short survey. This is, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the first study to analyse primary to secondary school transition through the lens of wellbeing theory using the PERMA framework (Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment). Noteworthy, all five of these elements were discussed by students and found to have an impact on their primary to secondary school transition experience.
Details
- Title
- ‘Don’t catastrophise…give it your all’: Student wellbeing and PERMA in the primary to secondary school transition
- Authors/Creators
- Katherine StevensPeter R. Whipp - Murdoch University, School of Education
- Publication Details
- Pastoral care in education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Number of pages
- 16
- Identifiers
- 991005779515207891
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Author(s).
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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