Exploring well-being in schools [electronic resource] : a guide to making children's lives more fulfilling / John White.
White, John, 1934 Nov. 7-
2011
LB1117 .W465 2011
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Title Exploring well-being in schools [electronic resource] : a guide to making children's lives more fulfilling / John White.
Author White, John, 1934 Nov. 7-
ISBN 9780415603478
9780415603485
0203815548 (electronic book)
9780203815540 (electronic book)
Publication Details New York : Routledge, 2011.
Language English
Description viii, 151 p.
Call Number LB1117 .W465 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 371.801/9
Summary "Despite a dramatic rise in average income in the last 40 years, people are no happier. Since the millennium personal well-being has recently shot up the political and educational agendas, with schools in the UK even including "Personal Well-being" as a curriculum topic in its own right.This book takes teachers, student teachers and parents step by step through the many facets of well-being, pausing at each step to look at the educational implications for teachers and parents trying to make our children's lives more meaningful. With his renowned talent for distilling the most complex of philosophical arguments into accessible laymen's terms, John White addresses the moral maze of well-being through three distinct parts:Part 1 describes the remarkable growth of interest in children's well-being in the UK since 2000, and suggests that a philosophical look at the concept of well-being is essential, so that teachers and parents can avoid confusion and misunderstanding.Part 2 takes the reader step by step through the intricacies of the concept in a deliberately accessible way with each chapter containing a substantial section showing how the new ideas just introduced can be taken up in education, especially in schools.Part 3 is about the future of education for well-being, pulling together, expanding on home as well as school, discussing the main aims and emphases of an education focussed on personal well-being. The author also looks at how school's traditional practices will have to change, given the new focus on well-beingAs well as looking at educational implications of all these questions step by step, the book concludes with an extensive practical guide for families and schools wanting to realise the new well-being agenda.This short, engaging book takes the reader with little or no background in philosophy into these issues. It is of special interest to teachers and parents, since they are now at the sharp end of the culture change we are now experiencing"-- Provided by publisher.
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pt. 1. Well-being and education, step by step
pt. 2. Education for well-being : the way forward.

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