Educating angels
Subtitle: teaching for the pursuit of happiness
By: Anthony Armstrong
Edition: First edition.
Series: Our national conversation -- volume 15
Publisher: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Marion, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781624910135; 9781624910142
Subjects: Education; Aims and objectives; Humanistic Education; Educational change; Happiness; EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives; EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban; PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Description: "School reform and accountability tests have been hotly debated for  decades, but the goal of reform and accountability has not. Most agree that the  main problem with contemporary education is that it fails to adequately prepare  students with the "21st century skills" needed to find jobs and  promote national competitiveness in the global economy. Tony Armstrong  challenges both the morality and the consequences of pushing this purpose of  education. He says it is immoral because it neglects our children's deepest  aspiration--happiness--and treats them as mere cogs in the economic machine. Dr.  Armstrong shows how methods of well-being based on happiness  research--mindfulness, gratitude, perspective--can greatly improve kids' chances  to feel better in the present and to live happier lives in the future. And the  kindergarten-through-college "happiness pedagogy" he presents would also be a  superior way to teach those "21st century  skills.""--

"This book explores what is unique about education (including socialization) in the United States of America, especially how current trends in education theory relate to the phrase "the pursuit of happiness" in our nation's founding documents and in our national psyche throughout our national history"--