Nurturing the Mind Through the Five Domains of Education: A Practice-Based Study of Primary School Mental Health Education From the Perspective of Integrated Education
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https://doi.org/10.66581/bmdgw658Keywords:
five-domain integration, primary school mental health education, 1511 education system, home-school-community collaboration, child-centered educationAbstract
Primary school is a critical period for personality formation, emotional development, and the cultivation of psychological literacy. Mental health education is therefore not an auxiliary activity, but a foundational mechanism for implementing the fundamental educational task of fostering virtue. Traditional models of primary school mental health education often rely on isolated psychology lessons and remedial intervention after problems occur. Such models tend to fragment educational resources, narrow the range of learning contexts, and emphasize correction rather than daily psychological nourishment. This practice-based study, written from the perspective of a frontline primary school mental health teacher, takes the integration of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education as its organizing framework. Drawing on the school-based “1511” collaborative education system, it examines how moral education can shape psychological values, intellectual education can reduce learning anxiety, physical education can strengthen resilience, aesthetic education can nourish emotional life, and labor education can cultivate responsibility and positive energy. Through top-level institutional design, integrated five-domain classroom practice, home-school-community collaboration, and technology-enabled education, the study proposes a comprehensive, regularized, and developmentally nourishing model of primary school mental health education. The model aims to address practical difficulties in grassroots mental health work and to support the coordinated physical and psychological development of every child. It also provides a practical reference for improving the quality of primary school mental health education in the new era.
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