ERIC Number: EJ1135113
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Publication Date: 2017
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Positive Psychology in Jewish Education: Gratitude in the School and Synagogue Classroom
Schnall, Eliezer; Schnall, David
Religious Education, v112 n2 p160-171 2017
Positive psychology is a rapidly growing area of study for research psychologists, and more recently for school psychologists and educators as well. Yet religious education researchers and practitioners have yet to embrace this exciting new field. The current article introduces positive psychology to clergy and educators in religious institutions. By way of example, we explore gratitude, an area of particular focus among positive psychologists, demonstrating the benefits observed in those who possess and express this trait, and delineate how gratitude can be induced in the Jewish religious classroom.
Descriptors: Psychology, Religious Education, Educational Research, Clergy, Teaching Methods, Personality Traits, Judaism, Futures (of Society)
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Language: English
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