Promoting university student wellbeing: exploring the feasibility of soft skills and the First Nations-developed Family Wellbeing Empowerment Program
Orih, Dominic D. (2025) Promoting university student wellbeing: exploring the feasibility of soft skills and the First Nations-developed Family Wellbeing Empowerment Program. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Dominic Orih investigated wellbeing promotion in higher education by examining the challenges and opportunities involved in integrating the First Nations Family Wellbeing empowerment program within university curricula. The research revealed how holistic educational approaches can simultaneously improve student wellbeing and soft skills, academic engagement, and life preparedness, challenging traditional skill-focused educational paradigms.
| Item ID: | 87646 |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Keywords: | Wellbeing, Soft skills, University curricula, Family Wellbeing (FWB) Program, First Nations Knowledge, Indigenous, Grounded theory, Aboriginal Torres Striate Islander people, Indigenous studies, Cultural interface, Mental health, Knowledge translation, Love in education, Heart-centred pedagogy, Holistic learning, Pedagogical practice, Purpose of education, Education for life’s complexities, Socratic Way, Pedagogy, Interventions, Curriculum, University students, Students, Higher education |
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| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2025 Dominic D. Orih |
| Additional Information: | Three publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publications are: Chapter 2: Orih, Dominic (2022) Can There Be a Recourse to a Philosophy of Love? A Confronting Question at the Heart of a Poor Pedagogy. Interchange, 55. pp. 599-617. Chapter 4: Orih, Dominic, Heyeres, Marion, Morgan, Rhian, Udah, Hyacinth, and Tsey, Komla (2024) A systematic review of soft skills interventions within curricula from school to university level. Frontiers in Education, 9. 1383297. Appendix 2: Orih, Dominic, Cheer, Karen, Morgan, Rhian, Udah, Hyacinth, and Tsey, Komla (2025) Getting people to experience it: a grounded theory of the process of integrating a First Nations wellbeing program within university curricula. Frontiers in Education, 10. |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2025 01:35 |
| FoR Codes: | 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing > 450417 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing @ 35% 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education @ 30% 39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390412 Teacher and student wellbeing @ 35% |
| SEO Codes: | 21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210399 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health not elsewhere classified @ 35% 21 INDIGENOUS > 2102 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education > 210202 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education system performance @ 35% 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1601 Learner and learning > 160102 Higher education @ 30% |
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