Future Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy
This book is a collection of essays advancing the discourse in well-being science, authored by key thought leaders in positive psychology and its variants, including positive education, character education, and positive organizational scholarship. The aut
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e Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy Foreword by David L. Cooperrider PhD
Future Directions in Well-Being
Mathew A. White PhD • Gavin R. Slemp PsyD A. Simon Murray Editors
Future Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy
Foreword by David L. Cooperrider PhD
Editors Mathew A. White PhD St Peter’s College – Adelaide St Peters, SA, Australia Melbourne Graduate School of Education The University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC, Australia
Gavin R. Slemp PsyD Centre for Positive Psychology Melbourne Graduate School of Education The University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC, Australia
A. Simon Murray St Peter’s College – Adelaide St Peters, SA, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-56888-1 ISBN 978-3-319-56889-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943967 © The Anglican Church of Australia Collegiate School of Saint Peter trading as St Peter’s College 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword Growing the Future Growers in the Garden of Positive Education
Australia is home to some of the world’s most forward-looking innovations in education. And no single group is spreading the evidence base, the science, and what I call the living proof of it all more than Dr. Mathew A. White at St Peter’s College, Adelaide, an Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at The University of Melbourne, and the school’s Headmaster, Simon Murray. Together with their colleagues from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at The University of Melbourne, associates from around the world, and, most important of all, the stude
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