A5050949707- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Education Methods and Practices
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
- Peace and Human Rights Education
- Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Youth Development and Social Support
Australian Catholic University
2022-2023
The University of Melbourne
2019-2021
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
2019-2021
Positive psychology and positive education aim to broaden the definition of prosperity success include well-being. This qualitative study sought explore whether students in a school with school-wide approach expressed different ideas about than who have not received explicit training. Using thematic analysis techniques reference Seligman’s PERMA Cummins’ Personal Well-being Index (PWI) frameworks, writing tasks 205 Year 10 were analysed. Results showed that attributed relationships more...
Dewey’s vision for schooling can perhaps be described as an early positive education, a term now attributed to programmes derived from psychology. Positive psychology’s goals education share many of ideas about community-mindedness and the role in nurturing citizenship. Having emerged psychology, however, current under umbrella differ that they are grounded science rather than philosophy sometimes criticised being morally neutral individualistic. In this paper, we argue work Dewey may...
In recent years, a number of controversies related to climate change, racism and Black Lives Matter, gender sexual diversity have characterised public debate in Australia about politically charged content schools. This paper explores one jurisdiction’s “Controversial Issues Schools” policy through three broad areas discussion. We begin by analysing the current social political context at both state national level consider how debates around controversial issues schools been utilised exploit...