PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AT SCHOOL: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHERS’ PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

"The paper presents the results of an experimental study developed in order to test the efficiency of a mental health curriculum, especially the impact on the teachers’ personal development. The curriculum is developed under an Erasmus project and it was validated in trails in six countries. The present study intends to measure the effects of program implementation on teachers’ personal development. The experimental design involved 104 teachers, 61 in experimental group and 43 in control group. The experimental group received a training in mental health promotion at school and they implemented approximately 12 activities at class, during the second semester of the academic year 2020 – 2021. The variables measured are teacher self-efficacy (efficacy for student engagement, efficacy for instruction strategies and efficacy for classroom management), resilience and teachers’ social- emotional competence. The results indicate a raising of competencies of teachers in experimental group comparing with control group, considering two moments of measurement, pre and posttest."