Happiness Education

<p>This edited collection challenges the common preoccupation with knowledge acquisition and academic achievement by comparing the aims and cultural beliefs which drive education in different countries throughout the world.</p><p>Through case studies from countries in Asia Latin America Africa and Europe the authors present how education can be approached holistically to foster student happiness and well-being. The book illustrates wide-ranging interpretations of what it means to provide a good education and how student-centered holistic approaches to learning can be effective in promoting creativity tolerance student well-being and an appreciation of environmental and societal responsibilities. Based on rigorous mixed-method empirical research it highlights how the integration of happiness in education can not only enhance academic excellence but can also have a positive impact on the students’ overall well-being. </p><p>This cutting-edge book focuses on the holistic development and well-being of students and will be a relevant reading for educators researchers and students in such diverse fields as psychology the sociology and philosophy of education intercultural education education policy and politics leadership/management mental health and international and comparative education. </p>