IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 511: Promoting Teachers & rsquo; Social and Emotional Competence in Light of the Close Connection between Professional Role and Personal Characteristics: Preliminary Evidence of the Efficacy of the & ldquo;ME4YOU & rdquo; Training Program

IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 511: Promoting Teachers’ Social and Emotional Competence in Light of the Close Connection between Professional Role and Personal Characteristics: Preliminary Evidence of the Efficacy of the “ME4YOU” Training Program International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph21040511 Authors: Enrica Ciucci Carolina Facci Daniela Carpenzano Matilde Sanesi MariaGiulia Taddei Lucrezia Tomberli Giovanna Tambasco Andrea Baroncelli Within the field of research on the promotion of teachers’ social and emotional competence, the present paper illustrates preliminary evidence of the efficacy of a new training program named “ME4YOU” aimed at supporting teachers’ self-reflexive competences to deal with the emotional and relational dimensions of teaching, with constant and continuous attention towards underlining the close connection between the way teachers perform as professionals at work and the way they function as individuals in their personal life. A total of 109 teachers from kindergarten to primary school took part in the experimental group, while 67 teachers constituted the control group; the two groups were compared using a pre-test/post-test approach with regard to some self-reported variables related to professional and personal aspects. Teachers in the experimental group exhibited increased levels of professional self-effi...
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