Table of Contents

Section I: Overview of Positive Education.- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Positive Education.- Chapter 2: Positive Education Around the World.- Section II: Core Goals for Positive Education.- Chapter 3: Wellbeing and Flourishing.- Chapter 4: Resilience.- Chapter 5: Social and Emotional Learning.- Chapter 6: Skills for the 21st Century Workplace.- Chapter 7: Approaches to Positive Education.- Section III: Foundations of Positive Education.- Chapter 8: Strength-Based Interventions in Educational Systems.- Chapter 9: Building Positive Emotions and Playfulness.- Chapter 10: Creativity and Intelligence.- Chapter 11: Growth Mindset.- Chapter 12: Perseverance, SelfC-control, and Grit.- Chapter 13: Engagement.- Chapter 14: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Related Practices.- Chapter 15: Relationships.- Chapter 16: Meaning and Purpose in Life.- Chapter 17: Civic Character.- Chapter 17: Moral Education.- Chapter 18: Trauma Informed Approaches.- Chapter 19: Reaching the Disadvantaged.- Chapter 20: Making positive education fun.- Section IV: Enablers of Wellbeing and Resilience.- Chapter 18: Self-Determination.- Chapter 19: Positive Youth Development.- Chapter 20: Career and Life Design.- Chapter 21: Assessing and Enabling Wellbeing in the Community.- Chapter 22: Teacher and Staff Wellbeing.- Chapter 23: Positive Leadership.- Chapter 24: Positive Communities.- Section VI: Applications and Implications.- Chapter 25: Systems Approaches to Positive Education.- Chapter 26: Cultural issues in positive education.- Chapter 27: Positive Education in Practice.- Chapter 28: Integration and Visions for the Future.

About the Author

Margaret (Peggy) L. Kern is Associate Professor at the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education, Australia. Dr Kern is Founding Chair of the Education Division of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). You can find out more about Dr Kern’s work at www.peggykern.org.

 Michael L. Wehmeyer is Ross and Mariana Beach Distinguished Professor of Special Education; Chair of the Department of Special Education; and Director and Senior Scientist, Beach Center on Disability, at the University of Kansas, United States. Dr Wehmeyer is Publications Lead for theEducation Division of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). He has published more than 450 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is an author or editor on 42 texts.