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A Resilience Curriculum for Early Years and Primary Schools in Europe: Enhancing Quality Education

About twenty percent of school children experience social, emotional and behaviour problems during the course of any given year and may need the use of mental health services. The number may rise up to fifty percent among children coming from socio- economically disadvantaged areas and from vulnerable communities. The economic crises which Europe in undergoing at the moment has exacerbated the risk among those already facing disadvantages such as unemployment of young people and new families, increasing poverty and social disadvantage for the whole communities and regions. These challenges underline the need to equip children from an early age with the requisite skills to help the overcome the challenges and obstacles they are set to face in such circumstances while providing healthy and protective contexts which promote their health and well-being. This paper describes the development of a resilience curriculum for children in early years and primary schools in Europe with the aim of enhancing quality education for all children, including the most vulnerable ones. It presents and discusses the curriculum framework developed from the existing literature, including the key principles, processes and themes underlying the curriculum.

curriculum ; early years ; primary schools ; quality education ; resilience

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