POSITIVE EDUCATION & HAPPY SCHOOLS

POSITIVE EDUCATION & HAPPY SCHOOLS

Course Duration: 5 days
Course Fee: 400 EURO

The main goal of the course is to help teachers create positive classrooms to develop mindsets for the 21st century. Positive psychology offers evidence-based hands-on tools for boosting students’ well-being. Throughout the course, participants will get familiar with the fundamental concepts of positive psychology such as character strengths, growth mindset, resilience, flow, and PERMA. They will learn how to use positive psychology tools to improve students’ engagement, accomplishments, grit, and persistence. Participants will receive lessons plans of teaching characters for their own use.

Learning Outcomes
All the participants will
- Understand how to apply methods of positive psychology and optimism to the classroom
- Learn about the ways of motivating the students and promoting their success in academic topics and social skills
- Develop lesson plans of teaching characters for their own use
- Define the concept of happy classes
- Learn positive education tools

Objectives of the course
- helping teachers create positive classrooms
- developing mindsets for the 21st century.
- developing evidence-based hands-on tools for boosting students’ well-being
- getting familiar with the fundamental concepts of positive psychology such as character strengths, growth mindset, resilience, flow, and PERMA.
- learning how to use positive psychology tools to improve students’ engagement, accomplishments, grit, and persistence.
- developing lessons plans of teaching characters for their own use.

Methodology
- Creating immediate feedback
- Designing curriculum and learning process
- Discussing to clarify doubts, answer questions and assist participants
- Working in groups cooperatively
- Creating mind maps, brainstorming

Target group
- Teachers, trainers, educators, school administrators, etc.

Preparation
Before the course,
- A detailed pre-course questionnaire to indicate their level of experience, teaching backgrounds, and training will be completed by participants.
- They will also prepare a presentation to reflect their own teaching method.

Validation
- A course participation certificate will be given to all participants.
- A Europass Mobility Certificate will be given if the participant demands it, as well.