UPWELL - Teachers UPskilling for WELL-being in multicultural classrooms
UPWELL focuses on Professional Development and Teacher Self-Efficiency in Multicultural Classrooms in order to improve teachers well-being, and consequently provide a safe and inclusive space for the students. The project is led by a consortium of 6 partners established in 5 different EU countries. UPWELL is designed based on a double-lens approach: providing a response to the challenges encountered by School teachers in multicultural and complex environments, and upskilling School teachers to help them develop culturally relevant pedagogy, social and emotional learning based teaching, and developing inclusivity skills; enhancing School teachers well-being by increasing their sense of self-efficacy in multicultural classrooms, and helping them establish safe and inclusive teaching/learning environments.
The Development of the Training Strategy, the Curricula, courses and OERs, the Pilot Program as well as dissemination activities, through content, target groups, formats, and attention to multilingualism, are oriented towards inclusion and diversity. The training program is based on Professional Development in Multicultural Classrooms (PDMC) an effective way to upskill teachers by providing them with a learning opportunity to understand the complex characteristics of diversity, see it as a powerful and rich resource for teaching and learning, enhance critical thinking and improve the teaching environment.
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