Description

Over the past decade, the positive education movement has grown, with an increasing amount of research, curricula, programs, and approaches to supporting wellbeing.The positive education movement called for a rebalancing of intentions and for placing academic development and wellbeing as equally valued core priorities.

This Handbook arises within the shifting landscape of the waves of positive education. Aligned with the valuing of open dialogue and diverse 1 Introduction and Overview 7 perspectives, authors provide various definitions of, perspectives around, and approaches to positive education, with the various waves arising and integrated within and across chapters. A broad range of topics are incorporated, aiming for an inclusive understanding of positively oriented approaches within education, arranged across three sections.