The Preconditions to Flourishing
Structural Necessities for Achieving Well-Being in Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8407600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harshi Gunawardena (0000-0002-5306-8485, The University of Sydney, corresponding author), Siobhan Merlo (0000-0003-0357-9217, The University of Melbourne), Robert Stevens (0000-0002-7528-0102, NSW Department of Education) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 425-442 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071005.2020.1711857 |
| OpenAlex | W3002864762 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
There is warranted concern among educationalists about child well-being where a number of school factors have created a system and a society where well-being is at stake. Within this discourse, understanding the impact of social and emotional learning and school-based well-being programs have seen educationalists return to Aristotle to understand the foundational conception of flourishing. Following this trend, we propose that before flourishing can be supported in the areas of teaching and learning, the preconditions to flourishing must be met. This paper examines the provision of structural and policy factors that form the preconditions to flourishing using the lens of Aristotle’s eudaimonia, external necessities, and the obligations of the polis. This analysis found that policy intent and purpose are largely aligned with the preconditions; but the differential uptake of policy initiatives along socio-economic lines has created an education system where school capacity to provide the external necessities for student flourishing is supported by schools in an inconsistent way. This, we argue is not what Aristotle proposed for a public education, where all children have an equal chance of building capabilities to flourish
Economics · Epistemology · Eudaimonia · Flourishing · Pedagogy · Political science · Positive economics · Public relations · Sociology · Well-being · Law · Philosophy · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |