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This chapter describes the evolution and impact of a well-being project which was co-created by an educational adviser with experience of positive psychology and psychodynamic theory and a cluster of schools in areas of urban deprivation in the north of England. It argues that such projects need to be underpinned by a philosophy of education and suggests that there are three important levels of thinking and action for education—theory, framework, and practice. Finally, it argues for a specifically educational theory of well-being and what that might contain.
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Fox Eades, J., Gray, J. (2017). Applying Positive Psychology in the Primary School: Celebrating Strengths, a UK Well-Being Project. In: Proctor, C. (eds) Positive Psychology Interventions in Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51787-2_7
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