Positive psychology, properly understood and applied, offers a
tremendous opportunity for improving student and teacher
experiences and the overall success of any school. The connection
between education and happiness is recognised to be mutually
reinforcing; education helps students to be happy and happy
students gain more from education. Research has confirmed what
educators have long known - that happy students typically achieve
more in the classroom and exam room than unhappy students and are
more energetic, persistent, creative and better able to get on with
others.
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Positive Psychology and the happy habit" is unique in
translating a complex literature written by academic psychologists
into a highly practical resource. The activities have been designed
to provide a creative and engaging way of enabling students to
discover their strengths both in terms of their cognitive abilities
and virtues i.e. character strengths .
Throughout the programme students are introduced to the key
insights of positive psychology: -
- the importance of being connected to others,
- Character training and metacognitive strategies
- Positive rather than reactive thinking and habits
- Developing the skills essential for building optimism and
resilience,
- Recognising and combating negative thoughts
- Understanding that there are certain ways of thinking that they
can make their lives better.
Easy to deliver sessions with comprehensive facilitator
instructions and activities resources are provided within the
resource. All lessons are interactive and based on group
discussions and role play to ensure students learn more about
themselves and others. Students are encouraged to practise skills
and ideas that are discussed during the sessions in their everyday
life with home practice in the form of take away activities being a
core element of the programme.
This unique resource will be of real relevance and benefit to
both staff and students at upper primary and lower secondary level
and will give students within a school environment the tools they
need to achieve their full potential."
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