Happiness and Education

Name: Happiness and Education
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ISBN: 9780521614726

ISBN-10: 0521614724

ISBN-13: 9780521614726

Edition: 2005

Authors: Nel Noddings

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When parents are asked what they want for their children, they usually answer that they want their children to be happy. Why, then, is happiness rarely mentioned as a goal of education? This book explores what we might teach if we were to take happiness seriously as a goal of education. It asks, first, what it means to be happy and, second, how we can help children to understand it. It notes that we have to develop a capacity for unhappiness and a willingness to alleviate the suffering of others to be truly happy. Criticizing our current almost exclusive emphasis on economic well-being and pleasure, Nel Noddings discusses the contributions of making a home, parenting, cherishing a place,…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.94" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




Happiness as an Aim of Life and Education



Happiness



Suffering and unhappiness



Needs and wants



The aims of education



Educating for Personal Life



Making a home



Places and nature



Parenting



Character and spirituality



Interpersonal growth



Educating for Public Life



Preparing for work



Community, democracy, and service



Happiness in schools and classrooms


Notes


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