Teacher Professional Development, Character Education, and Well-Being: Multicomponent Intervention Based on Positive Psychology
Journal
Sustainability
ISSN
2071-1050
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Diego García-Álvarez
María José Soler
Juan José Hernández Suárez
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:p>The COVID-19 educational crisis has generated both psychosocial risks and growth opportunities for teaching staff; these are challenges to be addressed from the perspective of sustainable development in SDG 3 Health and Well-being and SDG 4 Quality Education. During the pandemic, a character education training experience was carried out for principals and teacher coordinators, with the dual purpose of developing professional competencies for the application of positive psychology in educational centers and strengthening teacher well-being: specifically, dedication and enthusiasm in conjunction with personal resources such as self-efficacy and resilience. The multicomponent intervention based on positive psychology applied to education was carried out with a sample of 32 teaching coordinators and school principals (mean age 45.9 years; 93.75% female staff and 71.8% between 16 and 21 years of experience) from different departments in Uruguay. The results suggest that the intervention was effective, detecting higher scores in the post-test in self-efficacy (F = 18.17, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.40), resilience (F = 13.41, p = 0.001, η2 = 0.33), dedication and enthusiasm (F = 8.09, p = 0.008, η2 = 0.23), and teacher training (F = 8.36, p = 0.007, η2 = 0.24). It is concluded that the training program can provide an opportunity for improving teacher health and well-being, as well funcitoning as a device for promoting teacher professional development.</jats:p>
Subjects
character education
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positive psychology
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teacher professional development
;
well-being
;
uruguay
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covid-19
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health belief
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psychology
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sustainable development goal
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teacher training
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teaching