Volume 29, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.200
APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION BASED ON BLENDED TEACHING
Abstract
In recent years, the information technology (IT) has been increasingly integrated to mental health education. This paper applies the IT in mental health education based on blended teaching model, with the aim to promote education reform. The author carried out a questionnaire survey on Grade 1 students of a senior high school in Jiangsu province, China. The survey results were analysed to evaluate the mental health status of the respondents and their attitude towards different teaching methods. On this basis, several integration points of the IT into mental health education were summarized. The results show that, despite their immense interest in knowledge on mental health, the students lack a sufficient understanding of their own mental health status; 65% of them want to receive the psychological counselling of teachers, if faced with psychological problems; 63% of them prefer the scenario simulation method, revealing the necessity to integrate the IT into mental health education; the blended teaching between mental health education and the IT can improve the learning interest and efficiency, and help teachers to enhance teaching quality and master the learning progress of their students. The research results are conducive to the mental health development of students.
Keywords
mental health education; information technology (IT); blended teaching; teaching practice.