The Curious and Flourishing Schools - Positive Education in Building of Character Strengths and Virtues

With this project, we would like to apply The Curious and Flourishing Schools - Positive Education (PE) in Building of Character Strengths and Virtues program in six schools in order to improve fo...

With this project, we would like to apply The Curious and Flourishing Schools - Positive Education (PE) in Building of Character Strengths and Virtues program in six schools in order to improve formal primary education as well as psychological well-being and resilience among both students and teachers. Specific objectives of the project would be: 1.Creation and development of the program The Curious and Flourishing Schools - PE in Building of Character Strengths and Virtues for implementing PE principles in the everyday lectures for students in upper classes in primary schools. 2.Creation and development of the training program for supporting teachers in building up their competencies for implementing PE principles in everyday educational work 3.Supporting teachers in building up their competencies for implementing PE principles in everyday educational work 4.Creation and development of the manual for supporting teachers for implementing PE principles in everyday educational work 5.Development of the research methodology for the evaluation of the effect the Curious and Flourishing Schools - PE in Building of Character Strengths and Virtues program has in partner schools 6.Establishing the PE School Clubs

Activities are divided into 5 work packages: 1. Management of the project 2. Positive education in primary schools -manual for teachers (manual-theoretical and practical part design, web promotion, dissemination among university students, online conference for the manual and the project promotion and dissemination of its results) 3. Design of the Training course of Positive Education in Primary Schools (The Curious and Flourishing Schools - Positive Education (PE) in Building of Character Strengths and Virtues program and workshops design, training for teachers according the program, monitoring, evaluation and adaptation of workshops for students ) 4. Positive education quality evaluation and research (research methodology design, battery of instruments design, research conduct, obtained data analyses, results promotion in scientific papers) 5. Students and teachers mobilities -Positive education and intercultural learning (two mobilities for both students and teachers).