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Well-being in schools: empirical measure, or politician's dream?
- Source :
- Oxford Review of Education; Jun2009, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p281-292, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This article serves as an introduction to the papers that follow. It shows how well-being has become a significant focus of much educational policy in the UK, and explores how this has come about. Differing definitions of well-being are reviewed, as is the empirical base on which many of the interventions to improve well-being have been founded. Some of the major criticisms of this shift in policy are outlined, and the article includes a consideration of the validity of these criticisms. Finally it is noted that, while some elements of well-being are based on empirical research, much of the impetus for the focus on well-being has stemmed from the political agenda in the UK over the past decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03054985
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Oxford Review of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 40627208
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03054980902934548