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SUMMARY:Positive psychology and positive education: Old wine in new bottle
 s? - Professor Kristjan Kristjansson\, School of Education\, University of
  Iceland
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:The recently fashionable theories of positive psychology have 
 educational ramifications at virtually every level of engagement\, culmina
 ting in the \nmodel of 'positive education'. In this critical review\, I s
 crutinize positive \neducation as a potential theory in educational psycho
 logy. Special attention is given to conceptual controversies and suggested
  educational \ninterventions. Positive psychologists have yet to explore i
 n detail the school as a positive institution.\n They have written at leng
 th\, however\, about such positive personal traits as moral virtue and res
 iliency\, and about positive emotions both as embodied in experiences of c
 lassroom 'flow' and as \nfacilitators of students' personal resources. Bec
 ause the empirical evidence concerning these positive factors remains part
 ly mixed or tentative\, and \nbecause most of them had a home in other the
 oretical frameworks before the advent of positive psychology\, searching q
 uestions remain about the effectiveness and \noriginality of positive educ
 ation. I address some of those questions.\n\n\nForthcoming dates for philo
 sophical approaches to education seminar series: \n\n10th May\, Professor 
 Peter Roberts\, ‘The Gentle Art of Teaching: Camus\, Taoism and Educatio
 n’\, 17:00-18:30\n\n17th May\, Professor Peter Roberts\,  ‘Possible Dr
 eams: Paulo Freire and Utopian Education’\, 17:00-18:30\n
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
 om GS5
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