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The Promise of Well-Being for the Net Generation

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Children’s psychological well-being has been a major focus of positive psychology. Educators’ attention has heightened as research consistently reveals the importance of well-being and academic achievement. For example, in a 23-country sample, Sznitmanet al. found a 0.586 correlation between well-being and achievement. Incredibly, they also found that raising a child’s well-being could counter the effects of poverty on academic achievement. Well-being has psychological and behavioral benefits to children and adolescents as well.

This chapter presents important issues of learning via technology from the standpoint of the five elements of well-being: positive emotion, engagement (e.g., flow), meaning, positive relationships, and accomplishment (e.g., self-efficacy, goals). Although well-being is not a simple goal, educators may be empowered to know their efforts at improving student well-being which can be quite influential in instigating high levels of academic achievement. This chapter presents research on the importance of and ways to foster the components of well-being for increasing educational excellence. Beginning links to electronic teaching and learning strategies are highlighted as they intersect with elements of well-being.

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    While character strengths are used in the literature, virtues will be used in the chapter for ease of understanding.

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Conoley, C., Bello, B., Oromendia, M., Vasquez, E., Conoley, J. (2015). The Promise of Well-Being for the Net Generation. In: Koh, C. (eds) Motivation, Leadership and Curriculum design. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-230-2_7

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