Author(s)

Ziyi Chen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China

Corresponding Author

Ziyi Chen

ABSTRACT

The application of positive psychology in mental health education courses in higher education has become an inevitable trend. This article, considering the psychological characteristics of contemporary science and engineering college students, analyzes the existing problems and deficiencies in current courses, and proposes strategies for course improvement such as optimizing teaching objectives, innovating teaching methods, enriching course content, and integrating teaching resources. The aim is to enhance the teaching effectiveness of these courses to meet the mental health needs of science and engineering students, promote their overall development, and lay a solid foundation for the country to rapidly cultivate excellent engineering and technology talents. The positive psychology movement began in the United States in the 1990s, emphasizing the focus on human strengths rather than abnormalities or diseases, exploring and fully utilizing individual potential, advocating for positive interpretation of problems, and believing that individuals or society can gain positive meaning from them. In the early 21st century, positive psychology theories were introduced domestically, sparking a wave of reform in mental health education models.

KEYWORDS

Positive Psychology; Science and Engineering College Students; Mental Health Education; Course Design

CITE THIS PAPER

Ziyi Chen, Research on the Teaching Design of Mental Health Courses for Science and Engineering College Students from the Perspective of Positive Psychology. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 118-123. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050516.

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