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Foreword: Martin Seligman, Ph.D., Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the Penn Department of Psychology, and Director of the Penn Master of Applied Positive Psychology program (MAPP), University of Pennsylvania, United States. Section I: Overview of Positive EducationChapter 1: An Introduction to Positive EducationMargaret Kern, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Chapter 2: Positive Education Around the World Sylvia Kwok, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences and convenor of the Positive Education Laboratory, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Section II: Core Goals for Positive EducationChapter 3: Wellbeing and Flourishing Covadonga Chaves Velez, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Psychology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain and Research Director, Institute of Happiness Sciences, Tecmilenio University, Mexico Chapter 4: Resilience Tammie Ronen, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Renata Adler Memorial Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection, Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel Chapter 5: Social and Emotional LearningErica Fryenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia Chapter 6: Skills for the 21st Century Workplace Shiri Lavy, Ph.D., Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Department of Leadership and Policy in Education, University of Haifa, Israel Chapter 7: Approaches to Positive Education Denise Quinlan, Ph.D., Senior Facilitator, Diploma of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, and Research Fellow, University Of Otago, New ZealandSuzy Green, D.Psyc., Clinical and Coaching Psychologist and Founder, The Positivity Institute, New South Wales, Australia Section III: Foundations of Positive EducationChapter 8: Strength-Based Interventions in Educational SystemsRyan Niemiec, Ph.D., Licensed psychologist, and Education Director, VIA Institute on Character, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Chapter 9: Building Positive Emotions and Playfulness Frans Orsted Andersen, PH.D., Associate Professor, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark Chapter 10: Creativity and Intelligence Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Scientific Director, Imagination Institute, Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States Chapter 11: Growth Mindset Carol Dweck, Ph.D., Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University. Chapter 12: Perseverance, SelfC-control, and Grit Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Senior Advisor, Positive Psychology Center, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, United States
Chapter 13: Engagement Mette Marie Ledertoug, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark Chapter 14: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Related PracticesNimrod Sheinman, M.D., Director, Israel Center for Mindfulness in Education, School of Education, Haifa University, Israel Chapter 15: RelationshipsKelly-Ann Allen, Ph.D., Educational and Developmental Psycho
