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Positive Psychology and Positive Education in Asia

Understanding and Fostering Well-Being in Schools

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Editors:
  1. Ronnel B. King

    1. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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  2. Imelda Santos Caleon

    1. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Ave., Singapore

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  3. Allan B. I. Bernardo

    1. De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

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  • Provides a holistic perspective on positive education by eliciting ideas from multiple sources
  • Highlights the findings of classroom implementation and empirical research concerning positive education
  • Serves as an up-to-date reference resource on positive education

Part of the book series: Positive Education (POED)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Positive Psychology and Positive Education: Asian Perspectives on Well-Being in Schools

    • Ronnel B. King, Imelda Santos Caleon, Allan B. I. Bernardo
    Pages 1-11

  3. Factors and Processes for Fostering Student Well-Being

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Factors and Processes That Facilitate the Development of Academic Resilience: Perspectives from Students in Singapore

      • Imelda Caleon, Simon Qing Wei Lim, Nur Qamarina Ilham, Wei Xun Koh, Chee Soon Tan, Youyan Nie
      Pages 15-33

    3. Sense of School Belonging and Kindness Among Hong Kong Primary Students: A Latent Profile Analysis

      • John Chi-Kin Lee, Jing Huang
      Pages 35-56

    4. Feedback Orientation and Learning-Related Academic Emotions: An Exploratory Study in Filipino University Students

      • Cherry E. Frondozo, Lan Yang
      Pages 57-75

    5. Interacting Dimensions of Locus-Of-Hope and Well-Being of Filipino Students

      • Allan B. I. Bernardo, Angela Lorraine P. Cunanan
      Pages 77-92

    6. Protective Role of Character Strengths in School Adjustment Among Low-Track Students

      • Zheng Chen, Wenjie Duan, Qinqiao Liu, Xuesong Kong
      Pages 93-114

  5. Fostering Well-Being in Schools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Towards a School Culture Where Students Thrive: The Positive Education Journey of Westwood Primary School

      • Imelda S. Caleon, Veronica Chua-Yap Chen Hian
      Pages 219-237

    3. Academic and Social Skills Building Seminar and Gratitude Intervention

      • Ma. Jenina N. Nalipay, Cherry E. Frondozo, Mark Harrison, Ronnel B. King
      Pages 239-258

    4. Instilling Growth Mindset and Grit in Hong Kong Chinese Community College Students: A Randomized Controlled Intervention Study

      • Wincy Wing Sze Lee, Ricci Wai-tsz Fong
      Pages 259-274

    5. Multi-Tiered Well-Being Interventions: Envisioning a Model for Prevention and Remediation

      • Stefanie Chye, Anuradha Dutt, Yvonne Seng
      Pages 275-291

    6. Shared Book Reading and Children’s Social-Emotional Learning in Asian Schools

      • He Sun, Siew Chin Ng, Aris Peh
      Pages 293-309
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About this book

This book explores students’ and teachers’ well-being from positive psychology and education perspectives and showcases interventions that optimize well-being in the school context. The book also covers crucial positive psychology and education topics/themes including character strengths, gratitude, growth mindset, grit, resilience, positive emotions, and well-being among others. The chapters include reviews and empirical research based on diverse methodologies, such as correlational, experimental, quasi-experimental, intervention, longitudinal, and qualitative approaches from six different Asian sociocultural contexts—Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Israel, Macau, and Philippines. All the chapters, provide practical pointers for teachers and educators who aim to nurture well-being in schools. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Ronnel B. King

  • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Ave., Singapore

    Imelda Santos Caleon

  • De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

    Allan B. I. Bernardo

About the editors

Dr. Ronnel B. King is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also holds honorary appointments at The Education University of Hong Kong, the University of Macau, and Far Eastern University (Philippines). He is an educational psychologist and the director of the Positive Psychology and Education (PoPE) Lab. He is a top 1% highly-cited author according to Clarivate Analytics and identified as one of the most prolific early career educational psychology researchers in the world. He was recognized as “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Science in 2017, and he received the Michael Bond Early Career Award from the Asian Association for Social Psychology in 2019. He is interested in understanding the factors that underpin motivation, well-being, and socio-emotional learning. He has published more than 200 journal articles, chapters, and books in the field of educational psychology and positive psychology/education.
 
Dr. Imelda Santos Caleon is the Assistant Dean for Partnerships at the Office of Education Research and a Senior Education Research Scientist at the Science of Learning in Education Centre, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. Her main research interests are in the areas of positive education, resilience, well-being, and social networks. With a research portfolio of about USD3.9M of competitive grants, she has led several intervention and large-scale longitudinal studies. Her research was published in many peer-reviewed and high-ranking journals including Teaching and Teacher Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, International Journal of Science Education, Applied Cognitive Psychology, and Journal of Early Adolescence.  Her research findings were also featured several times in the leading broadsheets newspaper in Singapore. She is a founding member of the Singapore Positive Education Network. She is currently an Editorial Board Member of the Educational and Developmental Psychologist. 


 
Allan B. I. Bernardo is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. One of his research programs focuses on locus-of-hope and the role of conjoint models of agency in positive goal pursuit in different populations. He has conducted research on different positive psychology and the well-being of students. He has published over 280 articles, chapters, and books/monographs in psychology and education. He was Editor of The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher and Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Social Psychology. He is a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Positive Psychology and Positive Education in Asia

  • Book Subtitle: Understanding and Fostering Well-Being in Schools

  • Editors: Ronnel B. King, Imelda Santos Caleon, Allan B. I. Bernardo

  • Series Title: Positive Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5571-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5570-1Published: 25 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5573-2Due: 25 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-5571-8Published: 24 October 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2468-0273

  • Series E-ISSN: 2468-0281

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 389

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Psychology, Positive Psychology, International and Comparative Education, Schools and Schooling

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