The Power of Life-Long Wellbeing for Academic Learning: The Singapore Model

This chapter explores how wellbeing can be successfully enacted for enhancing learning and development within school communities. The quality physical education (QPEPhysical education (PE)quality (QPE)), wellbeing and academic learning cycle 17) aligns QPEPhysical education (PE)quality (QPE) to optimising academicAcademic learning through wellbeing. Literature and research throughout this book has clarified the wellbeing benefitsHealthbenefits as a result of QPE. Furthermore, QPE acts as the foundation for life-long engagement in physical activity and sport and, therefore, enhances children’s life-long wellbeing and holistic health. Subsequently, PE provides a platform for wellbeing, and wellbeing provides a platform for children’s learning and development. Using the Singapore education system as a model, this chapter’s purpose is to investigate how schools can enact wellbeing through the use of values, to optimise academic learning.