Well-Being in Schools: Three Forces That Will Uplift Your Students in a Volatile World

by Andy Hargreaves, Dennis Shirley

This timely resource for teachers, leaders, and policymakers provides breakthrough insights into how to improve students' well-being in schools. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, students' well-being was an increasingly prominent concern among educators, as issues related to mental health, global crises, and social media became impossible to ignore. But what, exactly, is well-being? What does it look like, why is it so important, and what can school systems do to promote it? How does it relate to student achievement and social and emotional learning? World-renowned education experts Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley answer these questions and more in this in-depth exploration of the underlying ideas and research findings related to well-being, coupled with examples of policies and implementations from around the globe. The authors make the case for putting well-being ahead of other priorities, such as scores on high-stakes assessments, and explain the three powerful forces that educators can leverage to set up effective well-being policy and prosperity for all, ethical technology use , and restorative nature. Inspiring, thoughtful, and provocative, Well-Being in Three Forces That Will Uplift Your Students in a Volatile World offers hope in a time of unprecedented challenges. Looking within and beyond the classroom, it charts a path toward a lofty but achievable improved well-being not only for students but also for society as a whole.

Genres: Nonfiction

188 pages, Paperback

Published December 15, 2021

About the author

Andy Hargreaves is Research Professor at Boston College, Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University, Professor II at the University of Stavanger, and Honorary Professor at Swansea University. He is Past President of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Adviser in Education to the First Minister of Scotland and from 2016-2018 to the Premier of Ontario. Andy is founder of the Atlantic Rim Collaboratory (ARC): a group of 9 nations committed to broadly defined excellence, equity, wellbeing, inclusion, democracy and human rights.
Andy has consulted with the OECD, the World Bank, governments, universities and professional associations worldwide. He has given keynote addresses in 50 countries, 47 US states and all Australian states and Canadian provinces. Andy’s more than 30 books have attracted multiple Outstanding Writing Awards. Andy is ranked in the top 20 scholars with most influence on US education policy debate. In 2015, Boston College gave him its Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the Education University of Hong Kong and the University of Uppsala in Sweden.

Reviews

[Joy Ashwell Callaway · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides an overview of wellbeing approaches and perspectives in various places. Hargreaves and Shirley discuss commonly used wellbeing frameworks and their implementation. They provide theoretical insights rather than practical implementation. Nevertheless, still an interesting read.

[Susie · Rating 3 out of 5]

There’s a lot of research and background. I would prefer if there were more concrete actions to use in schools.

[María Fernández López · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo que a priori puede parecer un libro de autoayuda, en realidad el libro plantea un análisis de cómo abordar el bienestar (y malestar) en el ámbito educativo sin caer en sesgos patológicos, positivistas o individualistas y haciendo un análisis de las cuestiones sociales que conducen a perpetuar el malestar como la desigualdad económica, el neoliberalismo educativo, la invasión de las nuevas tecnologías en la escuela, etc.

[Piet Vervaecke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review: https://pietvervaecke.blog/2022/09/28...