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Malcolm Thorburn - Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling

Av Malcolm Thorburn

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Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling examines the role of wellbeing in schools and argues that it should be integral to core policy objectives in health and education. The whole school focus chosen is conducive to the review of wellbeing in schools, and assists in better understanding the complex relationships between learners and teachers in policy contexts, where every teacher has a responsibility for learners’ wellbeing. By exploring a range of debates about the nature of wellbeing, the book shows how a child’s wellbeing is inseparable from their overall capacity to learn and achieve, and to become confident, self-assured and active citizens. Drawing on international curriculum developments, it considers the ways in which wellbeing could reshape educational aims in areas such as outdoor learning and aesthetic imagination, helping to inform programmes of professional learning for teachers. Separated into six parts, the book covers: philosophical perspectives on wellbeing policy perspectives on wellbeing professional perspectives on wellbeing practice perspectives on wellbeing future prospects for wellbeing a personal perspective on wellbeing.Examining ways in which wellbeing can become a central component of the ethos, culture and environment of contemporary schools, Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling is an invaluable guide for all students, teachers, researchers and policy makers with an interest in learning, teaching and children’s wellbeing.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2017-08-08
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 14 mm
  • Vikt: 376 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 232
  • Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781138668492
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Malcolm Thorburn is Lecturer in Physical Education at the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK.

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Maeve O’Brien, Dublin City University, IrelandI was delighted to read this book proposal. This book will have a good international marketability at both undergraduate and post graduate levels in the Education field and the disciplinary areas of sociology, philosophy and psychology of education. In my own institution I teach a new 4th year BEd module called ‘well-being care and professional praxis’ . The proposed publication would have been a gift to me in writing that module. At Doctoral level and Masters level I teach modules on well-being and education. US markets should be open as well-being is such a buzz word in education and one that needs a critical and in depth perspective in the field of education studies and practice.Clare Wallace, University of Aberdeen, UKThis is a timely and interesting book that addresses a key issue of contemporary concern: wellbeing. The concern is both academic in that there has been a great deal of recent research in this field but there is also substantial interest from policy makers and practitioners. The book sets out very well the theoretical framework, the link to research and the relevance for educational practitioners. The author rightly points out that there has been some important recent developments into research on child wellbeing. The book is very comprehensive in scope, covering a wide range of issues (sustainability, aesthetics, ethics etc.). I would highly recommend to publish this text.Peter Aggleton, University of New South Wales, AustraliaRecent years have seen a rapid growth of interest in issues of wellbeing, health and ‘happiness’ as they relate to and impact on learning and teaching in schools. Because of this, a volume such as this is, in principle, very much to be welcomed. I particularly liked the rationale provided for the book and its interest in efforts to ensure young people’s lives are more fulfilling and meaningful. Achieving a balance between individual flourishing and wider societal ambitions is always challenging, but is something worth aiming for and struggling over. I also like the book’s structure and the inclusion of philosophical, policy, professional and practice perspectives.

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