Impact
The Teacher Professional Development (TPD) programme aims to raise awareness of maths anxiety (MA) among mathematics teachers and equip them with tools to address it using the MathifyMe digital game. This initiative will help teachers diversify their instructional strategies, better engage students, reduce maths anxiety, and improve learning outcomes.
Goals
Develop and implement a TPD programme to prevent and reduce maths anxiety (MA) in primary and middle school students using the MathifyMe digital game. Equip teachers with knowledge about MA and skills to use MathifyMe effectively. Gather feedback from TPD sessions in partner countries to refine the programme.
Tangible Results
TPD Programme: Structured, documented programme with learning objectives, activities, content, and evaluation criteria for professional development.
Evaluation Methodology: Methodology to assess the TPD’s impact on teacher skills and its efficacy in addressing maths anxiety (MA).
TPD Implementation Reports: Documents outlining TPD activity outcomes and suggestions for future improvements.
Intangible Results
Enhanced teacher understanding and awareness of maths anxiety.
Increased competency among teachers in using MathifyMe as a teaching tool.
Reduction in maths anxiety among students due to teacher interventions using the game.
Design and Implementation of TPD Programme
Design TPD Programme (4.1): Develop a detailed TPD programme, including content structure, objectives, and resources for workshops. (Lead: University of Malta)
Evaluation Methodology (4.2): Establish an evaluation framework to assess the success and impact of TPD activities. (Lead: University of Malta)
Design TPD Activities & Contents (4.3): Develop specific activities and materials focused on MA and the use of MathifyMe, to be used in TPD sessions. (Lead: University of Malta)
Implementation of TPD Activities (4.4): Execute the TPD programme in each partner country, engaging teachers in workshops aimed at reducing maths anxiety using MathifyMe. (Lead: University of Malta)
Evaluation & Improvement (4.5): Collect feedback from participants and refine the TPD programme based on evaluation outcomes. (Lead: Projeto Scholé LDA)
Project information
Goal
Conduct dissemination activities throughout the project
Project code
2024-1-NL01-KA220-SCH-000254064
Call 2024
Key Action 2 (KA220-SCH)
Coordinator
AUAS (Netherland)
Partners
SAMK (Finland), UNIOS (Croatia), UoM (Malta), Scholé (Portugal)
Associated Schools
Associated schools of the City of Pori (FI); Gerrit van der Veen College (NL); St Clare College (MT); Primary school Retfala (UNIOS), Primary school Mladost (UNIOS)
Project duration
36 months, November 1st, 2024 to October 31th, 2026
Location
Finland, Croatia, Malta, Portugal
