{"product_id":"perspectives-on-flourishing-in-schools-9781498579421","title":"Perspectives on Flourishing in Schools","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools:  How do school communities flourish  together? How does supporting educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in schools? What characteristics, qualities and strategies support the wellbeing of the whole school community? This book is unique in that it answers these questions from the perspectives of teachers, students, administrators in K-12 schools, as well as from university and the wider community. Importantly, these chapters provide a repertoire of varied answers to the question that underpins this shift in research toward a positive organizational perspective: How can we leverage what works well to grow more, to instill in each community member a sense of their value and capacity to contribute? These chapt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlourishing schools is an inspiring vision for education. With an emphasis on wellbeing,  the concepts of flourishing and thriving are powerful motivators for positive change in schools. This book provides both the research and practices that educators will find helpful in realizing that change.  -- John Miller, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Introduction: Ways Forward with Flourishing in Schools, Sabre Cherkowski and Keith Walker Section I: Flourishing in Schools Chapter 2: Care in Educational Leadership: Developing Capacities and Skills for Looking In and Looking Out, Sarah Shepherd  Chapter 3: Flourishing in all Seasons: Thriving in Discomfort and Uncertainty, Jennifer Watt  Chapter 4: What Would it Take to Bring Joy Back into the Lives of Teachers and Students?, Kathryn Hibbert, Susan Rodger, Peter Bates, Karen Hellerman, Mary Ott, and Maggie Rodger Chapter 5: A Comprehensive Health Approach within Flourishing Schools, Stephen Berg, Brent Bradford, and Daniel B. Robinson Chapter 6: The Impact of Positive School Climate on Student Wellbeing and Achievement, Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Don Klinger, and Alicia Hussain  Chapter 7: Learning is Our Moral Imperative: My Prairie Spirit Classroom, Lori Jeschke, Reagan Olson, and Bob Bayles  Section II: Students’ Flourishing in Schools Chapter 8: Assessing Student Well-Being and Well-Becoming: Accounting for Student Voice, Thomas Falkenberg  Chapter 9: Critical Factors for Youth Thriving: The ARC Model, Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Jeffrey MacCormack, Nishad Khanna, Stoney McCart, and John Freeman Chapter 10: The Dream: Community Service Learning for all Students, Roberta Campbell-Chudoba  Chapter 11: Co-Curricular Inquiry: Knowledge-Building for Well-Being, Margaret Macintyre-Latta with Julian Kaftan Chapter 12: Growing Community One Play at a Time: How an Experimental Theatre Project led to Flourishing, Rebecca Stroud Stasel  Chapter 13: Physical Literacy and Flourishing (within) Canadian School Communities, Daniel B. Robinson, Elizabeth J. Durden-Myers, and Stephen Berg Section III: Teachers’ Flourishing in Schools Chapter 14: Four Research Learnings in Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Philosophy: An Essay about Helping Teachers and Students Flourish, Jim Parsons Chapter 15: The Journey Toward a Sustainable, Site-specific Wellbeing Education Subject, Louise Sullivan Chapter 16: Building a Well-Being Plan for Teachers, Lynn Hiscoe  Chapter 17: Supporting Rural Beginning Teacher Flourishing: A Mentorship Approach Tracy Dollansky, Lynn Lemisko, and Laurie-Ann Hellesten Section IV: School Administrators’ Flourishing in Schools Chapter 18: Ontario Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Well-Being and Coping Strategies in the Context of Work Intensification, Fei Wang, Katina Pollock and David Cameron Hauseman  Chapter 20: Flourishing through Self-Care—One School’s Case Study, Karine Veldhoevn  Chapter 21: Flourishing School Communities in Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, Ingrid Robinson and Denise Toney  Chapter 21: Growing the Potential of Flourishing Schools through Graduate Education Leadership Programs, Vicki Squires  Chapter 22: Purposeful Hiring Practices and Leadership Development: The Prairie Spirit Way, Bob Bayles, Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, and Noel Roche  Chapter 23: Development of the Leading with Heart Program, Amy Burns Chapter 24: Stories from Three Flourishing Jamaican Primary Schools, Wilfred Beckford  Chapter 25: Flourishing in Vibrant Schools, Davis Clement, Megan Tschannen-Moran, and Ufuk Erdogan Chapter 26: Epilogue: Concluding Remarks, Keith Walker and Sabre Cherkowski","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040830783831,"sku":"9781498579421","price":101.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498579421.jpg?v=1750947991","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/perspectives-on-flourishing-in-schools-9781498579421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}