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 Education
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Positive Education
Margaret 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 Education
Chapter 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 Learning
Erica 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 Zealand
Suzy Green, D.Psyc., Clinical and Coaching Psychologist and Founder, The Positivity Institute, New South Wales, Australia
Section III: Foundations of Positive Education
Chapter 8: Strength-Based Interventions in Educational Systems
Ryan 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 Practices
Nimrod Sheinman, M.D., Director, Israel Center for Mindfulness in Education, School of Education, Haifa University, Israel
Chapter 15: Relationships
Kelly-Ann Allen, Ph.D., Educational and Developmental Psycho
