Teaching for wellbeing: On the importance of creating capabilities in schools

James Macallister

doi:10.4324/9781315618593

Teaching for wellbeing: On the importance of creating capabilities in schools

James Macallister

Moray House School of Education and Sport

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In this chapter I consider some of the reasons why wellbeing has become a policy priority for schools. I discuss the role of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in promoting wellbeing agendas in nations and states. I note how the OECD mostly seem interested in compiling statistics on wellbeing. This is in contrast to Nussbaum, who is not opposed to wellbeing measurement but nonetheless believes the focus should be placed on creating wellbeing capabilities. The chapter is pulled together via a consideration of the role of the teacher in creating wellbeing capabilities in schools.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling
Editors	Malcolm Thorburn
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	6
Pages	94-109
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315618593
ISBN (Print)	9781138668492
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315618593
Publication status	Published - 23 Aug 2017

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capabilities
schools
OECD
capability approach

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WellbeingEducationAndContemporarySchooling
This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling on 23rd August 2017, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Wellbeing-Education-and-Contemporary-Schooling/Thorburn/p/book/9781138668492
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