This webinar comes to you as part of a series, partnered with UNESCO to explore their Why the World Needs Happy Schools report, placing a spotlight on each of the four pillars.
In this webinar, we will delve into the Place pillar, and discuss how school environments are important to supporting our students’, teachers’ and other school stakeholders’ emotional safety and sense of belonging. Nurturing learning environments play a key role in shaping a sense of belonging and improving wellbeing and engagement. In this session we will discuss how a safe and inclusive school environment can foster positive emotions and create the conditions for learning where everyone feel physically secure, emotionally supported and welcome. This webinar is part of a series that explores each of the four pillars of the Happy Schools framework through dedicated sessions.
Following this discussion on the Place pillar, upcoming webinars will focus on Process, and Principles. You can watch back the webinar looking at the People pillar here.
Speakers:
Sonia Guerriero is an Education Specialist in the Section of Education Policies at UNESCO. She leads UNESCO’s programmes of work on the Science of Learning for Education and the Global Happy Schools Initiative. She leads knowledge production, peer-learning and partnership-building for supporting governments to shape more effective policies in the design of curricula, pedagogies, learning assessments, and digital technologies based on the science of how people learn and develop. She holds a PhD from McGill University in Canada. Previously she worked at the OECD where she led international research to support governments with evidence-based reforms for improving teacher education policies.
Sebla Kazanci is an Associate Project Officer in the Education Policy Section at UNESCO Headquarters. She holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action from Sciences Po Paris and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Sociology. Before joining UNESCO, she worked at the OECD’s Public Policy Directorate and contributed to various research and translation projects. Her work focuses on promoting inclusion and well-being in education.
