SQoL · School for Quality of Life. Policy, practice and theory for a quality of life approach in European school systems.
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2018-07-01 → 2020-06-30
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 200 195 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- MSCA-IF
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School for Quality of Life. Policy, practice and theory for a quality of life approach in Europeanschool systems.
The main research question of the project is: What is the role of Quality of Life (QoL) movement - in particular policies, theories and practices – in education system and how can a School for Quality of Life (SQoL) model be? The hypothesis is that QoL initiatives, which are still fairly new, will soon begin to influence European educational systems. My overall objective is to map and critically analyse the impact of such policies on the educational system and provide a School for Quality of Life (SQoL) model. This project is highly relevant for society because it tackles a crucial issue related to the ongoing systemic transition from the industrial model of human development to a post-industrial model strongly based on sustainability and quality of life. This project is among the firsts, if not the first, to provide a solid analysis of the impact of the ‘QoL Initiatives’ on European education systems and to provide a framework for an informed model of SQoL. The innovative aspects of the research program lie in: a) the novelty of the topic itself, indeed the ‘QoL Initiatives’ emerged only recently, b) the absence of their educational counterpart despite the fact that it is highly relevant and needed, c) the construction of the theoretical pedagogical model to support a second phase of implementation ‘on-the-field’ with schools and students’ communities. The overall research objectives are: a) mapping and analysing the relevance and impact of national (Danish and Italian) and transnational (EU, UN, OECD) QoL policies on education systems; b) mapping and analysing national (Danish and Italian) and transnational (‘European Sustainable Development Network-ESDN’) best practices that incorporate QoL approach into the school system, including teachers’ professional development; c) theoretical analysis of the key concepts related to the QoL initiatives – e.g. happiness, wellbeing, quality of life – to clarify terminological confusion as well as to operationalize and theoretically ground the most appropriate concepts to define and design a School for Quality of Life model (SQoL) by integrating collected data, defining key concepts and theoretically grounding it.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
In 2007, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the OECD and the WWF hosted a conference titled ""BeyondGDP"" . The conference was attended by over 650 policy makers, experts and social activists and aimed to criticize the useof GDP (Gross Domestic Product) as an economic indicator of the wealth of nations, and to advocate for a society better able to foster and measure wellbeing and quality of life (QoL). The “QoL Initiatives” are a heterogenic and informal movement of scholars and transnational institutions who aim at developing new theories, policies and indicators about quality of life.The most influential ones include: the EU’s Quality of Life in Europe, the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission, theOECD’s Better Life Initiative, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the World Happiness Report, and the OCSE PISA Students' Well-being. So far, little has been done within educational research to critically study the educational relevance, impact and potentials of the ongoing “QoL Initiatives”, in particular how this movement will shape education systems.Moreover, a terminological confusion related to concepts such as happiness, wellbeing and quality of life must be clarifiedand operationalized in order to support educational theories and policies. The main research question of my project is: what is the role of QoL policies, theories and practices in education system and how can a School for Quality of Life (SQoL) model be? The hypothesis is that QoL policies, which are still fairly new, will increasingly influence European educational systems in the near future. My overall objective is to map and critically analyse the impact of such policies on the educational systems, with a particular focus on primary and lower secondary schooling (pupils age 6-16), and to provide a School for Quality of Life (SQoL) model. My study will be the first to provide a solid analysis of the impact of the QoL initiatives and policies on European education systems.""
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- AARHUS UNIVERSITET · Aarhus CКоординаторДания
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Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз