| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 308 pages) |
| Contents |
Part 1: Happiness as an aim of life and education -- Happiness -- Suffering and unhappiness -- Needs and wants -- The aims of education -- Part 2: Educating for a personal life -- Making a home -- Places and nature -- Parenting -- Character and spirituality -- Interpersonal growth -- Part 3: Educating for public life -- Preparing for work -- Community, democracy, and service -- Happiness in schools and classrooms |
| Summary |
"This book explores what we might teach if we were to take happiness seriously as an aim of education. It asks, first, what it means to be happy and, second, how we can help children to understand what happiness is. It notes that, to be truly happy, we have to develop a capacity for unhappiness and a willingness to alleviate the suffering of others. Criticizing the current almost exclusive emphasis on economic well-being and pleasure, it discusses the contributions of making a home, parenting, cherishing a place, the development of character, interpersonal growth, finding work that one loves, and participating in a democratic way of life. Finally, it explores ways in which to make schools and classrooms happy places."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Education -- Aims and objectives.
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Happiness.
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Moral education.
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Happiness
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EDUCATION -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Education -- Aims and objectives
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Happiness
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Moral education
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Erziehungsziel
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Glück
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Opvoeding.
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Doelstellingen.
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Geluk.
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Bonheur.
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Éducation morale.
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Finalité de l'éducation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511499920 |
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0511499922 |
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051106389X |
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9780511063893 |
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0511179529 |
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9780511179525 |
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051107235X |
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9780511072352 |
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1280433671 |
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9781280433672 |
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1107131537 |
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9781107131538 |
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0511203497 |
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9780511203497 |
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0511306474 |
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9780511306471 |
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0521807638 |
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9780521807630 |
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0521614724 |
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9780521614726 |
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