Full Description
This book on school wellbeing in South Eastern Europe offers a general overview of the challenges and possible interventions for promoting a safe, healthy and positive learning environment within schools. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the current state of the school wellbeing in the region, highlighting the areas of success and those that need improvements. It examines the cultural, political, and systemic factors that contribute to the unique challenges faced by the schools in the region. The book covers topics such as mental health, teachers' wellbeing and teachers' resilience, family implication in school wellbeing, school climate, social and emotional wellbeing and academic success. It explores the role of parents, policy makers, and communities on promoting wellbeing. The book includes case studies from six countries in South Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Moldavia, Romania and Ukraine. The research studies illustrate current practices for wellbeing promotion in schools and propose good practices or tools for teachers and school administrators to create a healthy and positive learning environment.
Contents
Introduction.- Part I.- Wellbeing in European Schools - policies and reccomandations: Peculiarities for SouthEastern European region.- Parental stress, family support, and students' wellbeing at school.- Part II.- Children's wellbeing in education in Bulgaria: policies, practices, and prospects.- Challenges and opportunities for enhancing wellbeing in Croatian kindergartens and Schools.- Wellbeing and mental health in schools: The case of Greece.- Wellbeing in the education system of the Republic of Moldova: conceptualization, promotion, assurance.- Wellbeing and Mental Health Promotion at School. The Case of Romania.- Research of the problem concerning preserving psychological health of students during the war.- Conclusions.
