Training Teachers to Become Effective Life Design ‘Agents of Change’: Suggestions and Directions for Future Actions

Several efforts have been devoted in the last decades to identify the essential skills, knowledge, attitudes and values that characterize inclusive teachers and to develop training programmes and curricula that take all this into account. According to the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, teachers are also called to renew their visions and skills in order to provide career education to all their students, thus promoting positive development and reducing the risks of complex transitions. After reviewing the most relevant literature, this chapter deals basically with the question of the relevance and the feasibility of training teachers to become effective life designing agents of change and prevention. Conceptual bases currently relevant are described together with possible steps and actions suggested by past and recent Italian experiences for positively addressing these issues.