E-School News – Angie King
“New technologies may help children learn, as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg hope, but as a teacher, I feel strongly that the most impactful change we could make to improve learning in America is to embrace positive education as aggressively as possible. Rooted in the work of Martin Seligman and positive psychology, positive education integrates academics with learning about character and well-being. It emphasizes training the heart as well as the mind in education. Positive education aims to cultivate resiliency, a growth mindset, learned optimism, positive emotions, mindfulness, gratitude and positive relationships in students. I have seen how it can transform learners.” (more)