Objectives

PreMedBullying aims to create a safe, inclusive and positive primary school environment where bullying and cyberbullying have no place, by empowering the entire school community through life skills development and culturally relevant strategies.

General Objectives

1. Create a coherent, positive and safe school climate and culture that prevents and addresses school bullying and cyberbullying by taking into account the voices of teachers and parents.
2. Develop the identity of a future citizen committed to the European common values of inclusion, democracy and tolerance.
3. Develop pupils’ life skills and competences to prevent bullying and cyberbullying in their own environment, or cope effectively when encountering them.
4. Enhance teachers’ and allied professionals’ continuing professional development.
5. Assist parents to develop their own active role as European citizens who serve democracy, inclusion and tolerance.

Specific Objectives

1. Develop a culturally relevant and school-specific policy and strategy against bullying and cyberbullying through the active participation of teachers, allied professionals, parents and pupils in a bottom-up approach.
2. Develop open-access and innovative teaching materials and resources useful in preventing and coping with bullying and cyberbullying incidents.
3. Educate teachers, parents and pupils on life skills and competences for preventing and coping with bullying and cyberbullying.
4. Share and promote effective and innovative best practices across Mediterranean partner countries.
5. Provide self-help and mutual help support by establishing online sharing communities coordinated by selected ambassadors.

WP2 – Action Research & Anti-Bullying School Policy

1. Engage teachers and parents in co-developing a new Framework for Anti-Bullying, CyberBullying and LifeSkills Development School Policy and Strategy through Participative Action Research.
2. Develop a self-assessment tool through which parents and teachers can explore their own attitudes towards bullying and life skills development, enhancing their understanding and commitment to co-creating the new Framework.
3. Provide systematic exposure of pupils to life skills development through a pilot training programme.
4. Implement and evaluate the new Framework for Anti-Bullying, CyberBullying and Life Skills Development in school settings.
5. Develop an online comprehensive guide for parents to diagnose early signs of bullying and cyberbullying and enhance their children’s life skills.

WP3 – Training Programme Development & Delivery

1. Develop a Certified Comprehensive Online Training Programme for teachers and allied professionals on Anti-Bullying, CyberBullying and LifeSkills Development, containing both theoretical and practical content.
2. Develop a multi-sensor online platform for training programme delivery.
3. Deliver the teachers’ and allied professionals’ training programme online in five languages.
4. Increase knowledge and enhance positive attitudes of teachers, allied professionals, parents and primary school pupils towards life skills development as a strategy against bullying and cyberbullying.

WP4 – Self-Help and Mutual Help Online Communities

1. Develop a Multi-Sensor Platform for Online Self-Help and Mutual Help Sharing Communities.
2. Establish Online Self-Help and Mutual Help Sharing Communities in five languages, providing a forum for teachers and parents to share stories and develop successful coping strategies.
3. Develop an Online Parent’s Guide to help parents diagnose early signs of bullying and cyberbullying, set limits and boundaries, and support their children in developing positive coping skills.

WP5 – Dissemination

1. Develop and implement a coherent dissemination plan to raise awareness about project outcomes at national and European level.
2. Build a network to facilitate knowledge sharing, collaboration and the exchange of best practices in school education.
3. Establish opportunities for cooperation in the field of school education promoting the widespread adoption of transversal skills integration.
4. Produce and disseminate a Policy Recommendation Paper for Mediterranean countries.
5. Develop and distribute a comprehensive Toolkit in five languages presenting the full programme methodology.
6. Organise face-to-face and online multiplier events, including a Final Conference, to share project results with stakeholders, policy makers and the wider public.