Strengthening Students' Well-Being with Digital Tools

PE has been traditionally considered as a practical and ‘hands-on’ subject in schools, where close proximity and physical contact is common. Since covid19 pandemic, there has been a new approach o...

We wanted to: to increase the level of competencies of school teachers in the field of teaching PE online; to pilot the creation of online courses that will use sports as the methodology for well-being; to direct and stimulate peer-learning and teaching process among students based on the methodology of well-being; to enhance mental-health education and enable students to become more familiar with the mind-body connection; Also, PE teachers in partner countries are not familiar with opportunities to teach PE online, so our main goal was to find ways and to create tools, for efficient PE teaching and mental health strengthening online.

During the 26 months of the cooperation, a total of 2 Face to face and 2 online Transnational Partners Meetings were organized. The TPMs participants are experienced PE teachers and representatives of partner organizations, who took part in the TPM (4) organized across the 26 months of the cooperation. The latter are experienced teachers and trainers in the partner organizations, with at least 2-year experience in working with young people/students through sport and Blended Learning methodologies. The purposes of the meetings were to deliver on paramount management responsibilities, communication, cooperation and advanced planning of key project stages.

At the end of the project we increased the level of competencies of school teachers in the field of teaching PE online; piloted the creation of online courses that will use sports as the methodology for well-being; directed and stimulated peer-learning and teaching process among students based on the methodology of well-being; significantly enhanced mental-health education and enable students to become more familiar with the mind-body connection. During this project we produced a manual for school teachers integrating methodologies of self-learning supporting them in giving shape to and strengthening their profiles on teaching PE online; produced Training Toolkit for Trainers: The Toolkit will integrate guidelines and methods of BL, NFE tailored to the needs of teachers willing to implement educational programmes to empower their teaching profile. The toolkit is available in all 7 languages. Created and and made available E-learning modules and Web Platform with integrated e-learning modules in multiple languages targeted at an audience of students and teachers in the EU. This provided the target with useful theoretical and practical sessions/information and exercises supporting them in the design and development of their own learning in Physical Education. Also in partner organizations we started the culture of care of mental health strating with primary students that now have mindfulness and breathing breaks, older students join little ones for movement breaks, etc.