@article{906117,
      recid = {906117},
      author = {White, John,},
      title = {Exploring well-being in schools a guide to making  children's lives more fulfilling / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Routledge,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {viii, 151 p.},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {"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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/906117},
}