Positive education and higher achievers role of positive psychology

Pages: 848-850
V. Ramachandram (SDLCE, Kakatiya University, Vidyaranyapuri, Warangal)

The goal of Positive Education is to guide young people towards positive functioning and flourishing by dovetailing evidence-based positive psychology interventions with best-practice teaching methods. The delivery of Positive Education programs in schools can equip both students and teachers with the skills and confidence to better manage their emotions, develop healthy thinking styles, form a positive self-identity, and foster healthy relationships. Positive Education provides a new educational paradigm which prepares young people to thrive despite the complex life challenges they face in contemporary times. Positive Education, the embedding of positive psychology research findings into education best practices has also been shown to reduce or even prevent depression and anxiety, increase enjoyment and engagement in school, improve curiosity and love of learning, and enhance social skills like empathy, cooperation, assertiveness, and self-control, all of which are correlated with increased academic achievement. It is also the incorporation of the science of positive psychology into the life and work of schools. While it may sound daunting to educators to hear of something else that schools should be doing, Positive Education benefits teachers personally, and then benefits them again by making it easier to get students to engage with and persist in the work they need to master academic material.