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Exploring Well-Being in Schools: A Guide to Making Children's Lives more Fulfilling book cover

1st Edition

Exploring Well-Being in Schools A Guide to Making Children's Lives more Fulfilling

By John Peter White Copyright 2011
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge
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Can we teach others how to lead a fulfilling life? The notion of personal well-being has recently shot up the political and educational agendas, placing the child's well-being at the heart of the school’s task. With his renowned talent for distilling the most complex of philosophical arguments into accessible laymen's terms, John White addresses the maze of issues surrounding well-being,... Read more

Part 1: Well-being and Education Step-by-Step  1.Children’s Well-being in the New Millennium  2.Initial Questions  3.Well-being: some Religious Legacies  4.Well-being and need Satisfaction  5.Fame, Wealth and Positional Goods  6.A Life of Pleasure  7.Getting What we Want  8.Worthwhile Activities  9.Work and Well-being  10.Living the Good Life: Well-being and Morality  11.Are there Experts on Well-being?  12.Depth without Spirituality?  13.The Meaning of Life  Part 2: Education for Well-being: the Way Forward  1.What Well-being is: A Summary  2.Well-being for all in a more Equal Society  3.Education for Well-being: the Wider Picture  4.Education for Well-being: Learning Arrangements  Conclusion

Biography

John White is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Institute of Education University of London, UK.

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