Diversity awareness as a vital aspect of the teaching profession
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Diversity awareness

Learn more about how can diversity awareness help educators to be better prepared to face the challenges of the modern classroom and contribute to a more inclusive and harmonious society.

In an ever-changing world, the role of a teacher extends far beyond the classroom. Today's educators are tasked with fostering an environment where students of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can thrive. To meet this challenge effectively, diversity awareness has emerged as a vital aspect of the teaching profession.

The Hand in Hand: Empowering Teachers (HAND:ET) project recognizes the essential role that diversity awareness plays in the development of educators. This project focuses on supporting teachers in the development of social and emotional competencies while also fostering diversity awareness (SEDA). The key is to empower teachers, enabling them to navigate the complexities of their everyday working lives and meet new challenges with flexibility and confidence.

Diversity awareness is about more than just acknowledging differences; it's about understanding, respecting, and celebrating them.

The HAND:ET project not only recognizes the importance of diversity awareness but also empowers teachers to embrace it. By cultivating these skills, educators are better prepared to face the challenges of the modern classroom and contribute to a more inclusive and harmonious society.

Watch the video below to learn what is the connection between socio-emotional competencies and diversity awareness, why is self-awareness important and how HAND:ET program helped teachers to approach diversity in the classrooms.

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vol 2
Oct. 7, 2024

Volume II: Policy Perspectives provides key insights into how EU and national policies currently support teachers' social and emotional competencies and diversity awareness (SEDA), offering recommendations to improve these frameworks. By focusing on evidence-based solutions, this volume aims to empower educators and create more inclusive, supportive educational systems across Europe.

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In the sixth and final HAND:ET Newsletter we are sharing with you news and updates from the final stage of the HAND:ET project. Find out more in the article!

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Feb. 26, 2024

The HAND: Empowering Teachers (HAND:ET) initiative has developed comprehensive guidelines to upscale its program across the EU and beyond. Check them out!

Empowering Educators Across Europe – Experimentation Perspectives
Feb. 25, 2024

We present to you the key ideas and findings of a HAND:ET project, integrating the insights of a wide range of stakeholders. This book is our way of experimentally showing how the SEDA of teachers across Europe can be supported!

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Feb. 24, 2024

In this interview with Iva Perković from Network of Education Policy Centers (NEPC), HAND:ET partner responsible for wide dissemination of HAND: Empowering Teachers outcomes and findings and encouraging upscaling of the HAND: Empowering Teachers system, we will discuss the recognition of SEDA competencies in the NEPC region, on the policy level and within the membership as well as the sustainability of the HAND:ET core concepts.