scholarly journals Happiness as an aim of education

Human Affairs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Nikola Kallová
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Philosophy Of Education ◽  
Public Schooling ◽  
School Practice ◽  
Central Concern ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Normative Implications

Abstract This paper explores happiness as an aim of education, particularly schooling. What role does happiness play in philosophy of education? How do critics view the aims of public schooling today and its relation to happiness? Is happiness embedded in the concept of education as an aim of education? The paper explores happiness—understood inclusively as a positive mental state—by examining the relevant literature from various disciplines. It looks briefly at critical views of current trends in public school practice and concludes that happiness is not a central concern in present public school practice. Turning to philosophy of education, the author finds that happiness has been considered in relation to the philosophical conception of the human self and consequently eudaimonia has been prioritized over hedonia. The paper concludes by proposing that happiness is an appropriate and valid aim of education and schooling based on the normative implications of the concept of education.

Psychoanalytic experiences in public school practice.

1940 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 824-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Zulliger ◽  
Gladys V. Swackhamer
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School Practice

Psychoanalytic experiences in public school practice.

1940 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Zulliger ◽  
Gladys V. Swackhamer
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School Practice

scholarly journals “Too Tedious to Mention”: Pondering the Border, Black Atlantic, and Public Schooling in Colonial Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Zellars
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School Violence ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Black Families ◽  
Public Schooling ◽  
Black Migration ◽  
British Atlantic ◽  
History Of ◽  
British Atlantic World ◽  
The Many

An advertisement for a “Negro man and boy” and “a variety of other articles too tedious to mention” for disposal” inspired this author to examine the “truly impossible, futile position for most black parents” in eighteenth and nineteenth century Canada. This article first examines how slaves were sold in a similar manner on both sides of the border by addressing the “many meanings of the border” to those involved with black migration in Canada. It then then examines a history of public schooling violence and legal case studies to evaluate the realities of those who faced “de facto practices of racial discrimination” when seeking an emancipated education for black families. By centering the realities evident in advertisements for slaves and public-school violence, I consider how Canadians were involved in the British Atlantic world slave trade and contributed to “an ongoing global project of subjugation and dispersal of African and African-descended peoples” by focusing on how racial public-school segregation responded to large-scale arrivals of black free and enslaved peoples in the late eighteenth and early to mid nineteenth centuries.

scholarly journals Experts' Perceptions of Water Security in Central Asia: results from a Delphi study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-69
Author(s):  
Aliya Assubayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Delphi Approach ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
International Experts

Water security in Central Asia has been discussed by researchers and international organizations using hydrological, engineering, and modeling approaches. Various frameworks conceptualize water security through technical, socio-economic, and environmental aspects. This study attempts to identify the current trends of perceptions of experts about water security in Central Asian countries and Afghanistan as assessed through different regional and international experts with relevant knowledge and experience. The experts originate from diverse professional backgrounds like ministries, NGOs, international organizations, research, and academic institutes. The analysis was conducted through the Delphi approach, which has been widely used to identify experts' views by reaching a consensus on various subjects. The Delphi method assisted in the elicitation of experts' opinions about different water security dimensions in the overall region and each Central Asia country that have been suggested from the relevant literature. The two-round questionnaire was developed to infer the experts' views (round 1) on water security in Central Asia and then identify the agreement's rate with the initial findings (round 2). The results have shown that, while the relevant scientific literature gives priority to environmental factors, the experts emphasize water security's economic aspects. Experts suggested including transboundary challenges, legislative and institutional weaknesses in assessing water security in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Respondents highlighted the low effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the current institutions and mechanisms that dealt with water security-related issues in Central Asia and suggested strengthening water governance in the region.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Studies on Positive Behavior Support Interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rukiye Uslu ◽  
Başak Bağlama
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Positive Behavior Support ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Behavior Support ◽  
Positive Behavioral Support ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Content Analysis Method

Positive behavioral support is an approach that uses the principles of applied behavior analysis and system changes to improve individuals' quality of life and reduce problem behaviors. In positive behavior support, it is aimed to determine the functions of the problem behaviors of the child and to gain appropriate behaviors that meet the same functions. This study aims to provide an overview of the studies on positive behavior support through a comprehensive literature review and determine the current trends in the studies on positive behavior support interventions. A total number of 53 studies were examined in the study according to year of publication, country, journal, subject, research method, research sample, data collection tools, data analysis method, type of document, research sample, sample size and authors’ study interests. Data were analyzed with content analysis method and results were presented with frequency and percentages in tables and figures. Results were discussed with relevant literature and recommendations for further research and practices were provided.

Foxfire Grows Up

1989 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliot Wigginton
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public School ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Experiential Education ◽  
Philosophy Of Education ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Financial Success ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Teacher Centered

For more than twenty years, students at Rabun Gap High School, a conservative, traditionally organized public school in Appalachian Georgia, have published Foxfire books and magazines. Conceived by students in Eliot Wigginton's English classes, the project's publication of oral history grew into what was called cultural journalism. The national recognition and financial success of the Foxfire books and magazines led to the adoption of the approach by teachers throughout the country. However, many who attempted such projects did not recognize that Foxfire is not really a magazine, but a philosophy of education firmly grounded in principles of democratic, experiential education. Using the magazine as a device without the principles upon which Foxfire had been based often resulted in methods as traditional and teacher centered as those they were meant to replace. Recognizing this, Wigginton and the Foxfire staff began to carefully define the ingredients that led to the success of the Foxfire approach in Rabun County, and to look for ways to assist other teachers in adopting the philosophy and the approach in their classrooms. In this article, Wigginton describes Foxfire's core educational practices and the major aspects of the Foxfire staffs current work with teachers.

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