Teachers worldwide experience significant stress and burnout, impacting their health and the education systems.
Using a mixed-methods research approach, digital interventions on wellbeing in several European countries were evaluated, which led to tailored policy recommendations for enhancing teacher professional development and mental health.
Teachers worldwide experience significant stress and burnout, impacting their health and the education systems. Recognizing the importance of social, prosocial, and emotional skills in education adds to this complexity.
The European Policy Experimentation Project Teaching to Be (2021-2024) in Austria, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain, aimed to improve teacher wellbeing through innovative professional development.
A digital game-based Online Wellbeing Course and a Teacher’s Handbook were developed in the project to enhance various aspects of teachers‘ professional wellbeing and organizational health. Using a mixed-methods research approach, it evaluated digital interventions on wellbeing, leading to tailored policy recommendations for enhancing teacher professional development and mental health.
Baiba Martinsone
Martinsone, Baiba, Dr.psych., is a professor of Clinical psychology and senior researcher in Educational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Latvia. Her research interests within clinical and educational psychology include SEL, promoting mental health in schools, development and evaluation of universal prevention programs. She actively works in national and international research projects and publishes extensively in the field. Baiba is a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on supportive learning environments for groups at risk of underachievement and for supporting well-being at school.
Professionsforschung social and emotional learning teachers' stress self-efficacy wellbeing burn-out Europe Teaching to be Multi-Cultural Research Spain Latvia Portugal School Climate Analytical Framework (SCAF) Erasmus KA3 project Norway