Where to get guidance and support?
Guidance and support for study planning, study wellbeing, and career reflections for Aalto students.
The AllWell? questionnaire on study wellbeing
The AllWell? questionnaire on study wellbeing is sent to all of Aalto’s second-year bachelor's and first-year master's students every year. Its purpose is to collect information on students’ study abilities, motivation, teaching, and peer support.
The AllWell? questionnaire is conducted in the spring among second-year bachelor’s degree students and first-year master’s degree students. Its purpose is to collect information on students’ ability to study, motivation, teaching and peer support. The conceptual model behind the questionnaire is the study ability model (Kunttu 2005), which divides study ability into the student's own resources, study skills and motivation, teaching, and study environment.
The AllWell? questionnaire on study wellbeing is based on the HowULearn questionnaire, developed at the University of Helsinki (see Parpala & Lindblom-Ylänne, 2012), and supplemented by Aalto with questions evaluating the students' own resources. Statistical summaries based on the responses will be compiled for Aalto University. Individual students cannot be identified from the summaries.
The steps of the AllWell? process from a teaching development point-of-view:
- Data is collected by the AllWell? questionnaire
- The data is analysed
- The analysed data is sent to programme directors
- The results are discussed among the faculty and students of the programme
- Evidence-based pedagogy and collaborative practices are developed based on the programme-level results and on other student feedback
- Programme and school-level changes are designed, planned, implemented and communicated to students
After replying, students get personal feedback on their strengths as well as tips for personal development in study skills and study wellbeing in the following areas:
- how to handle stress in a better way
- how to improve study skills
- how to stop procrastinating with difficult issues
- how feelings affect study performance
Programmes will also get feedback that shows how their students have replied, on average, to the different scales measuring study ability. Programme-level feedback gives tips on how teaching can support the different areas of study ability.
Yhteyshenkilöt
Laura Miettinen
Asiantuntija
Sanna Teresa Hangelin
Specialist
AllWell? questionnaire and data privacy notice
Starting Point of Wellbeing
The Starting Point of Wellbeing offers students advice and guidance on services related to wellbeing. We post links, tips and contact information here.
The AllWell? questionnaire on study wellbeing and development of teaching at Aalto University
The annually conducted AllWell? questionnaire gives us research-based data for planning pedagogical development. A summary of AllWell? results are distributed to Aalto programme directors and school management.
Personal Impact
Personal Impact brings to light already existing courses in Aalto University on values and meaningfulness, self-leadership, societal impact, human potential and well-being.
Individual counselling by study and career counselling psychologists
Aalto’s study and career counselling psychologists offer online and on-campus individual counselling to Aalto students. You can drop in at the Starting Point of Wellbeing for individual counselling without an appointment.