Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools

by Richard Gilman, E. Scott Huebner

National surveys consistently reveal that an inordinate number of students report high levels of boredom, anger, and stress in school, which often leads to their disengagement from critical learning and social development. If the ultimate goal of schools is to educate young people to become responsible and critically thinking citizens who can succeed in life, understanding factors that stimulate them to become active agents in their own leaning is critical. A new field labeled "positive psychology" is one lens that can be used to investigate factors that facilitate a student's sense of agency and active school engagement.

Genres: Psychology

520 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 20, 2009

About the author

For the American drama critic, see Richard Gilman.

Richard Gilman was born in Canada and grew up in England. During the Second World War, he served as a Spitfire pilot in the RAF.

After obtaining an MA in Geography at Oxford, he went with his young family to teach in Uganda, then immigrated to Ontario (Canada).

After a 35-year career in education (teacher, principal and Superintendent) including overseas assignments in Northern China and Poland, Gilman threw himself into a wide range of volunteer activities in his church, local community and social agencies and into reading and writing. Never one to sit back, at 80 years of age, Richard completed a tandem parachute jump from 10,000 ft because he ‘never successfully bailed out’ of his own aircraft in the war. This was followed by whitewater rafting on the Ottawa River and at 90, the publication of his book ‘'Angels Ten'’ about his war-time experiences.

Reviews

[Feng Jiang · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is just a scratch up. Some chapters are potentially related to positive psychology, but the connections are not explicit.

[เก้า เซ็นเตอร์ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need to read it in fulltext....thank you so much