Future Directions in Well-Being

Foreword; Lord O'Shaughnessy.- Part I. Education.- Overview; Mathew A. White, Dan Loton, Gavin R. Slemp and A. Simon Murray.-  Chapter 1. Positive Education: Developing Skills for School Life and Beyond; Zoë Alford.- Chapter 2. Evolution of Student Leadership Following the Introduction of Well-Being; Alasdair McCall and Sam Beer.- Chapter 3. Opportunities for Technology in Promoting Resilience and Well-Being in Schools; Jane Burns and Melissa Weinberg.- Chapter 4. Healing and Growth in the Classroom: A Positive Education for Trauma-Affected; Tom Brunzell.- Chapter 5. Impact of Activity: Future Direction of Positive Education; Mathew A. White.- Chapter 6. Theology and Psychology in Conservation: Ellen T. Carry.- Chapter 7. Positive Psychology, A New Interpretative Lens for Scripture Defined; Theodore McCall.- Chapter 8. The Tao of Leadership; Lim Lai Cheng.- Chapter 9. Keeping Up with The Times: A Considered Approach to Measuring Youth Well-Being; Tan-Chyuan Chin.- Chapter 10. Positive Education's New Frontier: Curriculum Integration; Emily FitzSimons.- Chapter 11. Your Phone vs. Your Heart; Barbara Fredrickson.- Chapter 13. Partnering Evidence-Based Coaching and Positive Psychology; Suzy Green and Sean O'Connor.- Chapter 14. Strengths and Virtues: An Integrated Approach; Liz Gulliford.- Chapter 15. Perseverance, Achievement, and Positive Education; Margaret L. Kern.- Chapter 16. Creating Whole-School strategies That Last; Michelle McQuaid.- Chapter 17. Positive Education at the Cross Roads: Important Sign Points for Going in the Right Direction; Toni Noble.- Chapter 18. Strength Based Parenting: A New avenue of Practice and Research in Positive Psychology; Lea Waters.- Chapter 19.Systemic Change Plan: Character Strengths in the Middle Years Schooling; James Tamblyn.- Part II. Organizations.- Overview; Mathew A. White, Gavin R. Slemp and A. Simon Murray.- Chapter 20. Human Resource Management and Building a Positive School Culture; Annette

Mathew A. White PhD is Director of Wellbeing at St Peter's College - Adelaide where he serves on the Senior Leadership Team. As an academic, Mathew is a Principal Fellow and Associate Professor in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education - University of Melbourne, and an Affiliate in Cambridge University's Wellbeing Institute. He has presented his research in the science of positive psychology and its evidence-based practice internationally. Mathew has authored journal articles, 20 book chapters and coedited two other scholarly volumes within the past three years. These books include Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools (Springer, 2015) and Flourishing in Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology (Wipf & Stock, 2017). He is currently writing a book on teaching character strengths in literature (Sense). Mathew is a member of the Education Committee of Adelaide's largest residential university college, St Mark's College. In 2017 he was awarded the Australian Council for Educational Leaders South Australian Leadership Medal. He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators, the peak professional association which represents educators across all sectors and systems in 2016. Gavin R. Slemp Psy.D is a lecturer, academic, and Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Centre for Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne. Here he teaches and coordinates the undergraduate breadth sequence in positive psychology - subjects which have been voted as among the most popular in the university by the students. With a Doctor of Organizational Psychology and as a registered Organisational Psychologist (AHPRA), Gavin's research interests are primarily in the areas of employee wellbeing, autonomous motivation, the effects of people becoming active crafters of their work, positive education, and cross-cultural psychology. Before becoming an academic, Gavin worked in