Psychosocial health competence of teachers in Tyrol

Date 2021-07-27

THE CHALLENGE
The project had the following goals:

  • To determine the status quo of already existing psychosocial services at schools for students and teachers
  • To investigate the level of teachers' awareness of mental/psychosocial health of children and teachers in schools
  • To explore teachers' needs in terms of promoting the psychosocial health of students as well as their own
  • To assess the readiness for implementation in everyday school life


OUTCOMES
The results of the quantitative survey showed the following results

  • Do teachers in Tyrol feel more competent in dealing with psychological complaints of their pupils due to additional training?
    • More than half of the teachers who have received additional training feel competent to very competent.
  • Is a teacher's experience decisive for the sense of responsibility to educate children and adolescents about the topic?
    • Teachers with experience are no more likely to see it as their responsibility to educate about the topic than those who have no experience.
  • Did the teacher's intervention improve the situation for the students?
    • Could only be partially demonstrated
    • Types of intervention "Talking to victims" and "Colleagues" was successful.
  • Is "talking to those affected" a suitable intervention measure in cases of bullying?
    • Could not be proven
    • "Talking to colleagues" is significant

Results of the qualitative online focus group

  • What do teachers want in order to feel best prepared when dealing with students?
    • Competent support from external experts
    • Smaller classes
    • Strong leadership
Psychosocial health competence

Psychosocial health competence

Fact Box
  • Study Program: Nonprofit, Social and Health Management
  • Team: Lea Kirchler, Regina Kollmann, Timna Moser & Nina Bazzanella
  • Supervisor(s): Raffael Heiss
  • Partner Organisation: Village Projekt
  • Year project was carried out: 2021


Partner Statement:
The collaboration with Nina Bazzanella, Timna Moser, Lea Kirchler and Regina Kollmann on the Village research project and the MCI was a very great success and professional at the highest level. The students were very keen to add value to the Village project with their research activities. There was a lively exchange throughout the collaboration, but we quickly had the feeling that the students had moved in the right direction independently and that an exchange was only necessary on a few points. The professionalism of the students in terms of research activities, evaluation and interpretation of results as well as project management was highly appreciated by the whole Village team. The results are highly relevant for our further research activities and, with the students' permission, will be disseminated accordingly on our communication channels. - Jean Paul, Laura Hölzle und Marianne Franz, Village Projekt


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