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    Happiness and Education

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    ISBN: 9780521614726
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    AuthorNODDINGS, NEL
    Pub Date06/12/2004
    BindingPaperback
    Pages320
    Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    This book explores what we might teach if we take happiness seriously as an aim of education.

    When parents are asked what they want for their children, they usually answer that they want their children to be happy. Why, then, is happiness rarely mentioned as an aim of education? This book explores what we might teach if we were to take happiness seriously as an aim of education. It asks, first, what it means to be happy and, second, how we can help children to understand what happiness is. It notes that, to be truly happy, we have to develop a capacity for unhappiness and a willingness to alleviate the suffering of others. Criticizing the present almost exclusive emphasis on economic well-being and pleasure, it discusses the contributions of making a home, parenting, cherishing a place, development of character, interpersonal growth, finding work that one loves, and participating in a democratic way of life. Finally, it explores ways in which to make schools and classrooms happy places.