Evidence-Based Approaches in Positive Education Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: White, Mathew A. (Editor), Murray, A. Simon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Positive Education
• Subjects: Psychology.; Medical research.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Quality of life.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Positive psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Educational Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.; Child and School Psychology.

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...

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.