Positive education is defined as education for both traditional skills and for happiness. The high prevalence worldwide of depression among young people, the small rise in life satisfaction, and the synergy between learning and positive emotion all argue that the skills for happiness should be taught in school.
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Martin E. P. Seligman, Randal M. Ernst, Jane Gillham, Karen Reivich, and Mark Linkins
Positive education: positive psychology and classroom interventions