The Centre for Resilience & Socio-Emotional Health at the University of Malta recently published three publications.
Children’s Worlds: The Subjective Wellbeing of Maltese Children
Children’s Worlds, The International Study of Children’s Subjective Wellbeing is a research survey on children’s subjective wellbeing involving more than 20 countries across the world. Its objective is to collect representative data on children’s lives and daily activities with the aim of raising awareness on, and improving, children’s wellbeing and quality of life. More than 2500 8 to 12 year old Maltese children participated in the study, expressing their views about family life, economic situation, friends, school, local area, bullying, use of time, children’s rights, and self and life satisfaction. Analysis of the findings reveal a portrait of strengths and weaknesses and concludes with a number of recommendations on the creation of healthier and more child friendly spaces, systems and services for Maltese children. The report has been published as the third monograph of the Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health at the University of Malta, and may be accessed online.
Surfing the Waves: A Resilience Curriculum for Early Years and Primary School
RESCUR Surfing The Waves is a resilience programme for early years and primary schools developed by six European universities and coordinated by the University of Malta. The curriculum seeks to empower vulnerable children at risk of early school leaving, absenteeism, disengagement, bullying, social exclusion and marginalisation through a universal, whole school approach. Amongst its special features, it includes story telling, mindfulness activities, readymade activities and resources for the classroom teacher, interactive multisensory activities, learners’ portfolio, take home activities, assessment checklists, theme posters, and activity sheets. The programme consists of a Teachers’ Guide, a Parents’ Guide, and three manuals of activities and resources for Early Years, Early Primary Years and Late Primary Years respectively. It is available in hard and soft copies in English, Maltese and five other languages. The Teachers’ Guide may be accessed online.
International Journal of Emotional Education April 2016 Special Edition
Volume 8 Issue 1 of the International Journal of Emotional Education (IJEE) has just been published by the Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health at the University of Malta. It is a special edition on social and emotional learning across different contexts and includes 9 international papers on issues like the effectiveness of clown doctors on children’s anxiety, social and emotional learning and resilience, the relationship between emotional intelligence and depression amongst adolescence, free play as a context for the development of social and emotional learning, emotional capital in initial teacher education, cultural curiosity in higher education, and bullying in higher education. IJEE is a biennial, peer-reviewed, international, electronic journal which is distributed free of charge and supported by an international board of reviewers with high level expertise in the field. The journal may be accessed online the journal website.