Joyful Schools Project Brings Over 40 Teachers to Jyväskylä for Well-being Training
The training, organised by the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, focused on introducing the Joyful Schools Well-being Framework, which includes six key dimensions: physical, psychological, social, cultural, socio-economic, and planetary well-being. The participants explored these topics through school visits, hands-on workshops, and group reflection sessions.
The visit began on Monday, 3 March, with a welcome session and interactive workshop led by researcher Kristóf Fenyvesi, followed by a student-guided tour of the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥â€™s Teacher Training School (Norssi). In the afternoon, participants gathered at the Lähde Library’s Tietoniekka space for reflection activities, using both digital and analogue tools to explore how the six well-being dimensions appear in practice. The workshop was facilitated by Tiina Mäkelä, Csilla Lázár, and Kristóf Fenyvesi.
On Tuesday, 4 March, the group visited the Jyväskylä Christian School, where they observed classes and took part in a workshop led by teacher Jukka Sinnemäki. The day concluded with a closing workshop at the university’s Lähde Library, where participants again reflected on the six well-being categories and how these were demonstrated in the schools they had visited.
Throughout the training, the Joyful Schools Learning Hub served as the foundation for structuring activities and discussions. This online platform offers tools and resources for educators to promote student and teacher well-being, and it played a key role in linking theory with practice during the sessions.
The Joyful Schools project (2023–2025) aims to support primary and lower-secondary teachers in developing teaching methods and classroom strategies that promote well-being for both students and educators. The project is led by a consortium of institutions including the Université du Luxembourg, the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Casa Corpului Didactic Apáczai Csere János, FundaÈ›ia Centrul EducaÈ›ional Spektrum, and Johannes Kepler University Linz.
Participants left the training with practical ideas and tools to bring joy, care, and well-being into their classrooms, inspired by the Finnish example and enriched by cross-cultural exchange.
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Kristof Fenyvesi
