Happiness and education /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Noddings, Nel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
©2003
Subjects:
Education > Aims and objectives.
Happiness.
Moral education.
Happiness
Éducation > Finalités.
Bonheur.
Éducation morale.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Education > Aims and objectives
Moral education
Erziehungsziel
Glück
Opvoeding.
Doelstellingen.
Geluk.
Finalité de l'éducation.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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