Transforming Teaching: Wellbeing and Professional Practice [Hardcover]

1 Teaching human flourishing: A philosophical grounding.- 2 Teacher education: Evidence-based wellbeing and character framework for learning.- 3 Teachers of wellbeing.- 4 School culture and context for wellbeing education.- 5 A review of theoretical models of wellbeing in education.- 6 Teaching and character education.- 7 Case studies of wellbeing education and whole school improvement.- 8 Evidence-based strategies for wellbeing, professional practice and academic growth.- 9 Wellbeing education and leadership.- 10 Wellbeing education and the 22nd century.

Mathew A. White, PhD. After 20 years as a secondary school teacher and a senior leader in schools, Associate Professor White moved to academia, where he is Interim Head of the School of Education and an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Associate Professor White is also a principal fellow in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Forthcoming books include Wellbeing Education and Professional Practice (with Faye McCallum, Springer, 2022), New Research and Possibilities in Wellbeing Education (with Faye McCallum and Chris Boyle, Springer, 2023). Other notable publications include Wellbeing and Resilience Education: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Education (with Faye McCallum, Routledge, 2021), Critical Perspectives on Teaching, Learning and Leadership: Enhancing Educational Outcomes (with Faye McCallum, Springer, 2020), Future Directions in Wellbeing: Education, Organisations and Policy (with Gavin Slemp and Simon Murray, Springer, 2017) and Evidence-Based Approaches in Positive Education: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Wellbeing in Schools (with Simon Murray, Springer, 2015). In 2021, he was awarded a Fellowship of the International Positive Psychology Association. In 2020, Associate Professor White was presented the Distinguished Contribution to Research in Educational Leadership Award by the Austrl#¨