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Flourishing in Contexts and Cultures: Sociocultural Perspectives on Fostering Youth Well-Being

Flourishing in Contexts and Cultures: Sociocultural Perspectives on Fostering Youth Well-Being

Hardcover

Series: Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learn

General Education

ISBN13: 9798887303420
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Published: Jul 14 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The youth of today is confronted with a myriad of challenges of living in a world that has never been more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. These multifaceted challenges compromise their well-being. Fostering the well-being of young people across sociocultural boundaries, rather than of the select groups of privileged individuals, is a timely and worthy endeavor and should not take a back seat. The advent of Positive Education, which is an educational paradigm that emphasizes the goal of developing both cognitive abilities and well-being skills in students and young people in general, has offered a promising generic approach to promoting the well-being of young people. The twin goals of Positive Education are indeed aligned with two major views of well-being: eudaimonia highlighting the importance of one's engaged pursuit of meaningful goals, and hedonia stressing the importance of one's positive emotion and life satisfaction in one's well-being. Their combination - that wellness is achieved when a person is feeling good and functioning well - has often been termed 'flourishing'. Unfortunately, scholarly discussions on sociocultural influences on flourishing or well-being and ways of promoting it have been scarce.

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