Re: Roundtable at Yale on Pursuit of Happiness

On 6/25/08, Mark wrote:
> If you are concerned about student depression and its
> impact on the classroom, you may be interested in this:
>
> Pursuit-of-Happiness.org, a non-profit organization
> devoted to education on the scientific study of human
> happiness and positive psychology, is convening a
> roundtable at Yale University on Saturday, July 12.
>
> We are in the process of constructing a multimedia
> internet platform that any educator in the states (and the
> world) can freely access and use in the classroom.
>
> We are especially interested in recent scientific studies
> on happiness and well-being (particularly with respect to
> building student "resilience" to stress and depression)
> and how they can be explored in the classroom employing a
> multimedia internet platform.
>
> At the roundtable we would like to receive feedback on
> some prototype mini-lessons and activities that can be
> readily integrated into existing social studies or
> psychology curricula. After that we can talk about the
> possibility of cooperating with a PBS documentary team
> that is interested in our work in the schools.
>
> Tentatively the meeting will run from ten in the morning
> to five in the afternoon. Their is no associated fee. This
> is a nonprofit enterprise running entirely on the goodwill
> of volunteers based at schools and universities around the
> US.
>
> If you would like to participate in the roundtable you can
> learn more about our project at Pursuit-of-Happiness.org ,
> and contact me by responding to this email. I will send
> you more detailed information about the roundtable and I
> would of course be happy to answer related questions you
> may have. Any ideas or simply reflections you might
> contribute may well be used in planning our school
> curricula which will reach well beyond the tristate area
> (and of course be used entirely for nonprofit purposes).
>
> Mark Setton
> Pursuit-of-Happiness.org
>
> Pursuit-of-Happiness.org is not affiliated with any
> religious or political organization.
>

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