What is happiness as a school students described it like this” What effect do happiness
subject about? “what we learn in ethics, we lessons have on the students?
put into practice through
It’s about life skills, exercises in the happiness “Accompanying studies have
contentment, incorporating a classes.” confirmed that the children
sense of security, social “There is a good exercise for develop a stronger sense of
relationships, self-determined primary school children on self-esteem, they are more
actions, self-acceptance, personal esteem: while one understanding, approach other
coming to terms with your child is sitting, the others people more openly, have
environment; all of these whisper something nice to him greater confidence in their
extremely important factors or her as they pass. The abilities, and pursue their
play an integral part in the children learn that they goals with optimism.”
child´s personal development. experience a feeling of wellbeing when they receive How many schools have
What does a lesson in compliments, and that it already adopted the concept?
happiness look like? doesn’t feel good to humiliate others. For the senior grades I Around 40 schools in Germany
“The combination of have developed the game The and 140 in Austria now have
psychological insights with Temple of Virtues that is happiness classes, figures that
practical exercises has proved based on the teachings of are based in the Fritz-Schubert
very useful, creating Aristotle. It helps the students Institute having trained more
experiences that really move to develop their own profile than 500 teachers since its
people and become imprinted and become aware of their conception in 2009.
in their memories. One of my own strength of character.”
This article is an
adaptation by
for
of the
original piece
written by Tanya
Zech that
appeared on
webpage How
Germany ticks
on 17th January
2018.
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