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Zeidner, Moshe – High Ability Studies, 2021
Achieving happiness is considered to be a high value goal in modern society, associated with manifold positive outcomes. Much of the literature on gifted students focuses on cognitive outcomes, with a paucity of research on positive psychological constructs. The major goal of this paper is to examine the empirical evidence bearing on the happiness…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Life Satisfaction
Elwick, Alex; Cannizzaro, Sara – Higher Education Quarterly, 2017
This paper investigates the higher education literature surrounding happiness and related notions: satisfaction, despair, flourishing and well-being. It finds that there is a real dearth of literature relating to profound happiness in higher education: much of the literature using the terms happiness and satisfaction interchangeably as if one were…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Psychological Patterns
Carol A. Mullen; Amanda G. Flanagan – Education Leadership Review, 2023
The purpose of this article was to review literature on teacher psychological capital (PsyCap) and leadership responsibility for developing staff. A related purpose involved investigating the phenomenon of second-career teachers (SCTs) with direct relevance for school administration. The research question guiding this analysis was, What does the…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Teacher Responsibility, Career Change, Faculty Mobility
Lee, Jeong-Kyu – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study is to explore not only the principles and aims of education, but also the concepts and principles of happiness in ancient Asian wisdom, especially Indian and Chinese classics as well as religious sutras. In order to investigate this article systematically, three research questions are addressed: First, what are…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Asian Culture, Indians, Asians
Cabanas, Edgar; González-Lamas, Jara – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Positive education has gained increased interest and attention in the last decade. Born as an applied movement within positive psychology, positive education aims to introduce a positive approach to education to aid schools in promoting happiness, improving learning and performance, and reducing mental health problems among children and…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Psychological Patterns, Mental Health
Islam, Md Shamirul; Amin, Muslim – European Journal of Training and Development, 2022
Purpose: The review aims to demonstrate a broader perspective of human capital and employee well-being concept. Moreover, the study attempts to analyse theoretical notions underlying human capital and well-being relationship and thus to guide the integration of two distinct concepts. Design/methodology/approach: This review followed the systematic…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Employees, Well Being, Psychological Patterns
Ebadi, Seyed Hossein; Keshtiaray, Narges; Aghaei, Asghar; Yousefy, Alireza – International Education Studies, 2016
Present-day curricular designs have to take the pupils' psychological needs in account, thus becoming melodies of mental health and happiness for the next generation. Emphasizing the findings from previous investigations using the research synthesis methodology, the present study has been conducted aiming at achieving some integrative knowledge…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Mental Health, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries
McConachie, Helen; Livingstone, Nuala; Morris, Christopher; Beresford, Bryony; Le Couteur, Ann; Gringras, Paul; Garland, Deborah; Jones, Glenys; Macdonald, Geraldine; Williams, Katrina; Parr, Jeremy R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Evaluation of interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is hampered by the multitude of outcomes measured and tools used. Measurement in research with young children tends to focus on core impairments in ASD. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies of what matters to parents. Parent advisory groups completed…
Descriptors: Parents, Young Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Nkiko, Christopher; Atinmo, Morayo I.; Michael-Onuoha, Happiness Chijioke; Ilogho, Julie E.; Fagbohun, Michael O.; Ifeakachuku, Osinulu; Adetomiwa, Basiru; Usman, Kazeem Omeiza – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
Studies have shown inadequate reading materials for the visually impaired in Nigeria. Information technology has greatly advanced the provision of information to the visually impaired in other industrialized climes. This study investigated the extent of application of information technology to the transcription of reading materials for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Phonetic Transcription, Transcripts (Written Records)
Lackéus, Martin – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: An emerging scholarly critique has claimed that entrepreneurial education triggers more neoliberalism in education, leading to increased inequality, neglect of civic values and an unjust blame of poor citizens for their misfortunes. The purpose of this paper is to develop a deeper understanding of this potentially problematic relationship…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Neoliberalism, Politics of Education, Synthesis
Sriraman, Bharath – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2017
The aim of this article is to provide the reader, or anyone interested in creativity, a glimpse into the findings of existing psychological and psychiatric literature on manic depression, its occurrence in creative individuals, ways in which it manifests and affects their functioning and creative output (positively and negatively), and the lessons…
Descriptors: Creativity, Psychiatry, Depression (Psychology), Educational Philosophy
Hansen, Thomas – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This paper reviews and compares folk theories and empirical evidence about the influence of parenthood on happiness and life satisfaction. The review of attitudes toward parenthood and childlessness reveals that people tend to believe that parenthood is central to a meaningful and fulfilling life, and that the lives of childless people are…
Descriptors: Evidence, Life Satisfaction, Childlessness, Parents
Boehm, Julia K.; Lyubomirsky, Sonja – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
Past research has demonstrated a relationship between happiness and workplace success. For example, compared with their less happy peers, happy people earn more money, display superior performance, and perform more helpful acts. Researchers have often assumed that an employee is happy and satisfied because he or she is successful. In this article,…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Psychological Patterns, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies
Parrott, John B. – Academic Questions, 2009
Berkeley professor of linguistics and cognitive science George Lakoff is among the handful of current faculty members in the United States to have successfully recast himself as a significant figure in national politics. Though his views place rather far on the progressive left, he has, unlike some other scholar-activists, focused most of his…
Descriptors: Democracy, Figurative Language, Cognitive Psychology, Politics
Allen, Louisa – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
What are the limits of queer pedagogy's thought [Britzman, D. (1995). Is there a queer pedagogy or stop reading straight. "Educational Theory," 45(2), 151-165]? This question is considered in relation to how queer pedagogy unfolds in a first-year university course entitled "Learning Sexualities." Examples of how queer pedagogy…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Social Theories, Sexuality, Homosexuality