Overview
- Provides practical examples of the application of well-being science in education throughout the book
- Focuses on well-being education for initial teacher education and early career teachers
- Contains step-by-step guides to help readers grasp the philosophical implications
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- evidence-based wellbeing
- wellbeing in initial teacher education
- wellbeing and pedagogy
- positive education
- positive psychology in education
- positive psychology in initial teacher education
- professional practice
- reflective practice
- wellbeing and schools, education and policy
- strength-based approaches to teaching and learning
- applying wellbeing science in education
- integrating wellbeing theory into professional practice
About this book
This book addresses how to lead wellbeing within schools, and showcases a unique strategy adopted by an Australian university to integrate a wellbeing framework throughout initial teacher education preparation.
It explores different evidence-based models of wellbeing education and focuses on the significance of culture and context. Readers can learn how teachers can integrate evidence-based wellbeing approaches to transform their professional practice and promote student flourishing and academic growth.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
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 Australian Council for Educational Leaders South Australian Branch. He is Past-President of the International Positive Psychology Association Education Division.
Faye McCallum, PhD, is an award-winning researcher, and Professor of Education at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She has worked in higher education for 30 years across Australia, leading accreditation, curriculum reform and the implementation of online teaching and learning. Her most important and significant research has investigated teacher and educational leader wellbeing. She has led researchprojects to measure wellbeing, both in Australia and internationally. Professor McCallum has published extensively with over 100 publications, including a book entitled Nurturing Wellbeing Development in Education: From little things, big things grow. Her research has been cited in the 2019 Global Happiness, and Wellbeing Policy Reports tabled at the World Government Summit in Dubai. Professor McCallum is an expert consultant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Teacher Wellbeing; was invited to author the Foreword to the W.I.S.E 2022 Report on Teacher Wellbeing. Other publications include: Wellbeing Education and Professional Practice: Transforming Teaching (Springer 2022 co-authored research book with Associate Professor Mathew White); Wellbeing and Resilience Education (Routledge 2021 co-authored research book with Associate Professor Mathew White); and, Critical Perspectives on Teaching, Learning and Leadership: Enhancing Educational Outcomes (Springer 2020 co-authored research book with Associate Professor Mathew White). The Australian Council for Educational Leaders South Australian Branch awarded her the highest honour, the 2019 Dr Alby Jones AO Gold Medal, for her contribution to the study and practice of educational leadership and wellbeing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transforming Teaching: Wellbeing and Professional Practice
Authors: Mathew A. White, Faye McCallum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4945-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4944-9Published: 01 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4947-0Published: 02 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-4945-6Published: 31 August 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 160
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational Philosophy, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education