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  title info:
    title: Evidence-Based Approaches in Positive Education
    sub title: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools
  name:
    name part: White, Mathew A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Murray, A. Simon.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXXIII, 181 p. 27 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Based on action research and implementation at one of the world’s great schools, this book provides a much-needed exploration of how to implement positive education at a whole school level. Evidence-Based Approaches in Positive Education summarises the integration of a whole-school mental health and well-being strategy, positive psychology programs and pastoral care models from 3 – 18 years of age. Positive education is the teaching of scientifically validated programs from positive psychology and character education that have an impact on student and staff well-being. It is an approach that focuses on teaching, building and embedding social and emotional learning throughout a student’s experience. St Peter’s College - Adelaide is the only institution in the world to integrate Martin Seligman’s well-being theory throughout all aspects of both its strategic intent and positive education programs. The School’s vision is to be a world-class school where all boys flourish. Its mission is to provide an exceptional education that brings out the very best in every boy. This is done within an intellectually and spiritually rich environment that nurtures international-mindedness, intercultural understanding, respect and a commitment to social justice. This book captures the developments of the St Peter’s College journey. It focuses on the integration of well-being across seven strategic goals: Academics; Well-being; Student Life; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Partnerships; People, Culture and Change; Sustainability and Environment; Community Engagement, Advancement, and Philanthropy. A uniquely Australian school, the impact of a St Peter’s College education is to build great men: who believe safety, service and integrity and fundamental parts of their lives; who are active members of communities that are socially and culturally diverse; who engage in political, ethical, and environmental challenges as good citizens. Since 1847, St Peter’s College alumni have had global an…
  table of contents: Foreword; Martin Seligman -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Building a Positive Institution; Mathew White and Simon Murray -- Chapter 2. A Comparison between Theological Christian Approaches to Wisdom and Peterson and Seligman's Classification of Character Strengths and Virtues; Theodore McCall, Lea Waters and Mathew White -- Chapter 3. Leading Whole-School Change; Lea Waters, Mathew White and Simon Murray -- Chapter 4. Measuring Whole School Well-Being in Students and Staff; Margaret Kern, Alejandro Adler, Lea Waters and Mathew White -- Chapter 5. Positive School Psychology; Zoë Alford and Mathew White -- Chapter 6. Strengths-Based Approach in the Classroom and Staffroom; Mathew White and Lea Waters -- Chapter 7. Character Education: A Role for Literature in Cultivating Character Strengths in Adolescence; Emily FitzSimons -- Chapter 8. Student Leadership and PERMA; John Vrodos, Tom McNeil with Mathew White -- Chapter 9. Future Directions in Well-Being; Mathew White and Simon Murray.
  note: edited by Mathew A. White, A. Simon Murray.
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Medical research
  subject:
    topic: Educational psychology
  subject:
    topic: Education
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Quality of life
  subject:
    topic: Child psychology
  subject:
    topic: School psychology
  subject:
    topic: Positive psychology
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Positive Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Educational Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Quality of Life Research
  subject:
    topic: Child and School Psychology
  classification: BF204.6
  classification: 150.1988
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Positive Education
  identifier: 9789401796675
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5
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