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Teaching Happiness: A ten-step curriculum for creating positive classrooms

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Ruth MacConville

  • Teaching Happiness
  • Teaching Happiness
    Translates key concepts from positive psychology and the recent research on happiness into a practical, ten-session curriculum.


Interest Age: 5 to 18
2009
ISBN: 9781906517212

Increase your pupils' happiness and emotional resilience This innovative programme translates key concepts from positive psychology and the recent research on happiness into a practical, ten-session curriculum which is suitable for both primary and secondary aged pupils. The sessions include:

  • Signature strengths
  • Positive self-talk
  • Think good, feel good
  • Sort that problem
  • The power of goals
  • Optimistic thinking.

The programme is designed to be delivered with a sense of fun and celebration to engage and inspire all learners, and can be delivered to whole classes or to groups. It includes a variety of practical activities and cognitive techniques, as well as examples of feedback from pupils to reflect real-life experiences.

The book offers general guidance on how to deliver the programme and comes with a free CD Rom to print off various teaching activities such as Happiness Diaries.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Part 1: Setting the Scene

  • Introduction
  • Positive Psychology
  • The New Science of Happiness
  • Key Concepts
  • The Sessions

Part 2: Staff Preparation

  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • General Guidance on Delivering the Programme

Part 3: The Happiness Curriculum

  • Session 1: What Works Well: WWW
  • Session 2: Wishing Others Well: WOW
  • Session 3: Enjoy
  • Session 4: Go with the Flow
  • Session 5: Elastic Brain
  • Session 6: Good At It
  • Session 7: Goal Power
  • Session 8: Thought Catching
  • Session 9: Think Good: Feel Good
  • Session 10: Celebration - What Have We Learnt?

Part 4: Creating Positive Classrooms

  • Continuing Work in School
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites

References