Abstract
This chapter presents the development of an early years and primary school curriculum for the promotion of resilience in schools in Europe called RESCUR. The curriculum is developed on the basis of the current social, economic and technological needs and challenges and seeks to develop in learners the requisite competences needed to overcome such challenges in their lives to achieve academic success and social and emotional wellbeing as young citizens. It takes a developmental, inclusive and culturally-responsive perspective, with activities reflecting the diversity of learners, particularly vulnerable children coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. The first part of the chapter discusses the conceptual framework underpinning the curriculum and the content areas of the activities. The second part describes the findings of the pilot implementation carried out in Italy that involved 84 teachers from kindergarten up to secondary school with a total of 738 students.
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Notes
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RESCUR was a Comenius Lifelong Learning Programme project (2012–2015).
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The programme consists of five manuals as follows: A Teachers’ Guide, A Parents’ Guide, Early Years Manual of Activities (4–5 years), Early Primary School Years Manual of Activities (6–8 years) and Late Primary School Years Manual of Activities (9–11 years).
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The authors would like to thank the coordinator of the project Carmel Cefai (University of Malta, Malta) and the other partners and authors of RESCUR Surfing the Waves, namely, Renata Miljević-Riđički, Dejana Bouillet, Tea Pavin Ivanec, Mirjana Milanović (University of Zagreb, Croatia), Anastassios Matsopoulos, Mariza Gavogiannaki (University of Crete, Greece), Paul Bartolo, Katya Galea (University of Malta, Malta), Celeste Simões, Paula Lebre, Anabela Caetano Santos (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Birgitta Kimber and Charli Eriksson (Orebro University, Sweden).
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Cavioni, V., Zanetti, M.A., Beddia, G., Lupica Spagnolo, M. (2018). Promoting Resilience: A European Curriculum for Students, Teachers and Families. In: Wosnitza, M., Peixoto, F., Beltman, S., Mansfield, C.F. (eds) Resilience in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76690-4_18
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