scholarly journals Positive Education in Practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-74
Author(s):  
Ricardo Arguís-Rey
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Positive Education ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Significant Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Practices

AbstractIn recent years, there has been significant growth in positive education programs and experiences around the world. From an international perspective, there is considerable variety in practices in this field. It is encouraging to note that positive psychology is entering the classrooms and becoming an important movement for educators in many countries. But at the same time, it is critical to reflect on the evolution of this movement and assess whether its implementation is having the desired effects. Current practices are varied and not all of them meet necessary quality standards. Furthermore, it is necessary to analyse the enabling and hindering conditions that arise from practice in educational settings, so as to better understand what is working well and what needs to be improved. This chapter discusses these issues, suggests proposals for implementation for practitioners, and highlights the necessity for positive education to be available for all educational settings and contexts, regardless of characteristics or financial resources.

Positive Education: an Inspiration for Improving the Quality of Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Eva Janštová ◽  
Alena Slezáčková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Positive Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Czech Republic

Positive Psychology represents a relatively new trend in contemporary psychology, which brings interesting ideas and useful inspiration into the field of education and school practice. Evidence exists that higher levels of subjective well-being, optimism and positive emotions are closely related to academic success. A positive education movement builds on these findings and aims to practically apply the scientific knowledge of Positive Psychology into the educational process. The objective of this research study is to introduce the theoretical background and arguments for the establishment and development of positive education in the world and the Czech Republic. We present an overview of main positive education programs which focus on development of psychological resilience and character strengths and on increasing subjective well-being and life satisfaction among the individuals at all the levels of the educational process. We focus mainly on the description of those positive education programs, for which the effectiveness has been empirically verified. Finally, we briefly describe the situation in the Czech Republic, which opens a large space for the development and implementation of Positive Psychology methods to improve the quality of education.

scholarly journals Positive Education Pedagogy: Shifting Teacher Mindsets, Practice, and Language to Make Wellbeing Visible in Classrooms

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-164
Author(s):  
Lea Waters
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Positive Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Pedagogical Intervention ◽  
Teaching Expertise ◽  
Teacher Pedagogy ◽  
Key Factor

AbstractThis chapter puts forward three key ideas for expanding the field of positive education. First, I call for the field to develop evidence-based ways to implicitly deliver wellbeing practices in addition to the current delivery mode of explicit programs. Second, I suggest that the current practice of teaching the content of wellbeing would benefit from including approaches that also build the contexts for wellbeing. Third, I recommend that the field must empower teachers to utilize their own teaching expertise as compared to simply delivering a pre-designed wellbeing curriculum. The core “change lever” to incorporate implicit approaches, build contexts for wellbeing, and empower teachers is that of pedagogy. “Positive Education Pedagogy” reflects the idea that how a teacher educates, not just what is taught, is a key factor in building student wellbeing. Infusing positive education into teacher pedagogy allows wellbeing to be built in all classes and subjects across the entire school and not just in those classes that explicitly teach positive education programs. To demonstrate these ideas, a qualitative case study investigating the outcomes of a positive pedagogical intervention is presented. Results of this study found that teachers who are trained in positive education pedagogy are able to legitimize, action, and spread wellbeing. Positive education pedagogy creates change within the teacher, across classrooms, and throughout the school. These findings are explained through three key positive psychology theories: mindsets, broaden and build, and systems informed positive psychology (SIPP).

scholarly journals International survey for assessing COVID-19’s impact on fear and health: study protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e048720
Author(s):  
Kris Yuet-Wan Lok ◽  
Daniel Yee Tak Fong ◽  
Janet Y.H. Wong ◽  
Mandy Ho ◽  
Edmond PH Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
International Study ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Well Being ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Health Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Health Related

IntroductionCOVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2, has been one of the most highly contagious and rapidly spreading virus outbreak. The pandemic not only has catastrophic impacts on physical health and economy around the world, but also the psychological well-being of individuals, communities and society. The psychological and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic internationally have not been well described. There is a lack of international study assessing health-related impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on the degree to which individuals are fearful of the pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to (1) assess the health-related impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in community-dwelling individuals around the world; (2) determine the extent various communities are fearful of COVID-19 and (3) identify perceived needs of the population to prepare for potential future pandemics.Methods and analysisThis global study involves 30 countries. For each country, we target at least 500 subjects aged 18 years or above. The questionnaires will be available online and in local languages. The questionnaires include assessment of the health impacts of COVID-19, perceived importance of future preparation for the pandemic, fear, lifestyles, sociodemographics, COVID-19-related knowledge, e-health literacy, out-of-control scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire-4. Descriptive statistics will be used to describe participants’ characteristics, perceptions on the health-related impacts of COVID-19, fear, anxiety and depression, lifestyles, COVID-19 knowledge, e-health literacy and other measures. Univariable and multivariable regression models will be used to assess the associations of covariates on the outcomes.Ethics and disseminationThe study has been reviewed and approved by the local ethics committees in participating countries, where local ethics approval is needed. The results will be actively disseminated. This study aims to map an international perspective and comparison for future preparation in a pandemic.

Measuring Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy: A Comprehensive Scale

2021 ◽  
pp. 239395752110196
Author(s):  
Neha Taneja Chawla ◽  
Hitesh Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

With the increasing popularity of entrepreneurship education programs across the world, the impact assessment of such programs has gathered considerable interest of the researchers. Growing number of studies are including entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) as a key predictor of future entrepreneurial behaviour and hence the scale for measuring ESE is central to majority of studies pertaining to entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial behaviour. This study attempts to refine the existing instruments for measuring ESE by extensively reviewing the notable scales of ESE in literature and develops a comprehensive scale of ESE relevant in the Indian context. The additional components are added to the existing scales through expert discussions with the academicians as well as entrepreneurs. The scale is further verified for its reliability and validity by using appropriate statistical methods.

scholarly journals Traditional and Modern Medicine in Worker Health Care

AAOHN Journal ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
Catherine Yuan ◽  
Jin Yu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Occupational Health Nursing

Nurses from occupational health care settings around the world, interpreting the theme “Communication, Health Care, and the Community,” presented papers at the First International Conference on Occupational Health Nursing in Edinburgh, Scotland in October, 1986. In keeping with AAOHN's commitment to an international perspective, this article is Part II of a five part series of articles that will be printed in the AAOHN JOURNAL. Next month, Part III of the series will feature, “Occupational Health Nursing World Wide.”

Takesi Sibata, Sociolinguistics in Japanese contexts. Ed. by Tetsuya Kunihiro, Fumio Inoue, & Daniel Long. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1999. Pp. xvi, 489. Hb DM 248.00.

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 602-606
Author(s):  
Sachiko Ide
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Western Tradition ◽  
The World ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
Universal Applicability ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Over Time

The assumptions made by readers of Language in Society and other English-language academic publications, when they begin to read, are so widely shared that they are seldom reflected on or made explicit. These assumptions have to do with European traditions of scholarship; and over time, they have made their way around the world because of the unquestioned belief in their universal applicability. But other approaches do exist, although most are never featured in publications in Western languages. I commented on this situation long ago, but it persists to this day: “The work done by Japanese sociolinguists is virtually unknown to non-Japanese readers. The reason is probably that this work has developed independently of the Western disciplines. The fact that Japanese researchers have worked independently of the Western tradition has inevitably resulted in unique assumptions, orientations or approaches when viewed from an international perspective”.

Profit as a key motive and the resulting indicator of the activity of state corporations

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
M.V. Dubrova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Project Financing ◽  
State Development ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Priority Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
State Corporation

Development institutions are becoming the most important tools for regulating economic activity both in Russia and in the world, through the implementation of social projects, the accumulation of financial resources and their direction to the priority areas of state development. The purpose of the study is to study the financial results of state corporations, in particular development institutions, and their role in providing project financing. The proposed article provides an assessment of the profit of the state corporation «Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Activity» (GC «Vnesheconombank»), emphasizes the specifics of the state corporation as a non-profit organization, and provides recommendations for improving the efficiency of the financial activities of the GC «Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Activity».

İssues of assessing the investment climate in Azerbaijan

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-96
Author(s):  
Aysel Rövşən qızı Baxşəliyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Investment Policy ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The World

Our country, which is constantly developing economically and carrying out political reforms in parallel, thereby achieving a further increase in its international prestige. One of the important factors contributing to the regular strengthening of Azerbaijan's position in the international arena is the growing role of our country in the field of energy security, as well as its active investment policy. At present, our country is becoming one of the most advanced potential investors in the world. The number of foreign countries expecting to invest in Azerbaijan is constantly growing. Azerbaijan, which has great financial resources, has been investing in various foreign countries in recent years, provided that its interests are ensured. Key words: investment activity, economic assessment, dynamic indicators, economic indicators

scholarly journals Pre-service Astronomy Education of Teachers

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 1044-1045
Author(s):  
Mary Kay Hemenway
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Secondary Teacher ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
General Science ◽  
Main Interest ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
The World

There is little research on elementary/secondary teacher preparation. Few teachers are called upon to teach astronomy specifically, or their astronomy teaching is peripheral to their main interest (e.g., general science at lower levels or physics at higher levels). Statistics indicate that large increases in student populations are expected throughout the world. “In 1997, 1.2 billion students were enrolled in schools around the world. Of these students, 668 million were in elementary-level programs, 398 million were in secondary programs, and 88 million were in higher education programs.” (Digest, 2002) These figures included large increases from the 1990 figures, e.g. 38% increase in secondary education and 68% in higher education for Africa, as opportunities to obtain an education and population both grew. (Digest, tables 395 and 412).

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