{"id":1595,"date":"2020-04-03T15:09:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiviolence-net.eu\/eavn\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2023-05-03T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T15:10:00","slug":"teachers-health-education-coordinators-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiviolence-net.eu\/eavn\/en\/teachers-health-education-coordinators-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers’ & Health Education Coordinators’ Training\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In 2011, EAVN organized and conducted in Athens,\u00a0a\u00a03-day Training Seminar for Teachers and Health Education Coordinators,<\/strong>\u00a0in the framework of the project \u201cGender\u00a0Equality Awareness Raising against Intimate Partner Violence<\/strong>\u201d (with financial support from the DAPHNE III Programme of the European Union). More information about the project can be found in the project’s website\u00a0www.1st.gear-ipv.eu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aim of the Training Seminar was to raise teachers\u2019 awareness and build their capacity in order to implement the \u201cGEAR against IPV\u201d Workshops with students of secondary education in the classroom aiming to contribute to primary prevention of all types of violence against girls, including sexual coercion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Seminar was conducted by following the methodology described in\u00a0Booklet II<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Guidelines for Conducting a GEAR against IPV Teachers\u2019 Seminar) which is part of the educational material developed by EAVN in the context of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More specifically, during the 1st day of the seminar, trainees (47 teachers and health education coordinators coming from different prefectures of Greece) worked in 3 small groups in order to participate in a simulated <\/strong>\u201cGEAR against IPV\u201d <\/strong>workshop <\/strong>through students’ eyes, namely,teachers adopted the role of students and participated in experiential activities facilitated by experienced trainers. During this part only interactive activities were used so that teachers (in the same way as students) were actively involved in identifying and considering their own gender stereotypes as well as in the process of deconstructing them. Thus, teachers\u2019 awareness raising, as well as part of their capacity building to implement the \u201cGEAR against IPV\u201d Workshop was based on the use of active learning techniques.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>During the 2nd day of the Seminar, each participant was handed hardcopies of Booklets III<\/a><\/strong> (Teachers’ Manual) and IV<\/a> <\/strong>(Students’ Activities Book), and the structure and contents of Booklets were presented, explained and discussed. Trainees were informed on how to organize and conduct the workshops, how to document and report to EAVN the implementation process and results and were informed about the evaluation design of the workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last part of the Seminar\u00a0which focused on trainees\u2019\u00a0theoretical training<\/strong>, aiming to build\u00a0teachers\u2019 capacity to\u00a0handle cases of revealed and\/or suspected abuse\u00a0that might arise,\u00a0either during or after the implementation of the \u201cGEAR against IPV\u201d Workshop, by also\u00a0providing them with all information available, systematized in a way that would facilitate their\u00a0use.\u00a0More specifically, during this theoretical part of the Seminar information was provided to\u00a0trainees regarding:\u00a0a)\u00a0Gender Inequality Issues: for example, what the relationship is between gender\u00a0stereotypes, gender roles, gender inequality and IPV, what we can do in order to change\u00a0this situation,\u00a0b)\u00a0Intimate Partner Violence: for example, what IPV is, forms of violence, consequences of\u00a0violence for the victim, the vicious cycle of violence, the magnitude of IPV globally, at EU\u00a0and at national levels, exposure of children to IPV, consequences of IPV for children,\u00a0statistics, the relationship between IPV and child abuse, sources for support,\u00a0c)\u00a0Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN): for example, what child abuse is, forms of child abuse,\u00a0statistics, what the signs are and how to recognize them, what neglect is, signs of neglect,\u00a0the role of teachers (what to do, what not to do, legal framework, how to react in case of\u00a0CAN disclose or suspicion of CAN, how to report and where).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 3rd day of the Seminar was addressed only to Health Education Coordinators with the aim to discuss ways to increase multipliers and the sustainability of the \u201cGEAR against IPV\u201d intervention, as well as how they could support the \u201cGEAR against IPV\u201d implementers in the future. The topics discussed were:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n