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Re: Roundtable at Yale on Pursuit of Happiness
Posted by ctteacher on 7/31/08
Of course people on this site are looking for jobs/job advice.
It's a great resource for that. This board, however, is in my
opinion, hardly representative of education job seekers or all
teachers.
On 7/07/08, Nancy Carol wrote:
>
> What about teacher depression, have you noticed how many
> people are on this site looking for a teaching position?
>
> 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.
>>
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Roundtable at Yale on Pursuit of Happiness, 6/25/08, by Mark.
- Re: Roundtable at Yale on Pursuit of Happiness, 7/07/08, by Nancy Carol.
- Re: Roundtable at Yale on Pursuit of Happiness, 7/31/08, by ctteacher.
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