The Origin, Present Situation and Prospect of Positive Education -- Based on the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Zeng Chen

doi:10.11648/j.ijecs.20180302.12

Abstract

The positive education oriented by positive psychology emphasizes starting from the individual's strengths, guiding participants' positive experiences, and ultimately increasing the teachers and students’ sense of gain. That is to say, on the one hand, positive education should improve the subjective experience of teachers and students, make them feel good; on the other hand, make the teachers and students have meaningful value, and feel their positive qualities or advantages have been enhanced. Positive education breaks through the traditional education’s parochialism on having a bias toward trouble-solving. It not only is a supplement to traditional education under the new social background, but also the repositioning of education after deeply understanding the value of education, which provide a new idea for the contemporary education reform and innovation.

Highlights

Whenever a school is mentioned, people usually think that the school is a place to transmit wisdom, impart knowledge, and resolve doubts
Inspirational diligent study is certainly necessary, why can't we bring it some sunshine? Why not let students learn in happiness, appreciate happiness and achieve sense of gain to realize the self worth? Many people can't help asking: what is the purpose of students' coming to school? Positive education may provide a new way of thinking for this issue
Positive education refers to an educational concept that aims to increase its sense of gain by taking individual potential as its starting point, adopting positive educational actions, and guiding and inspiring the positive experience of educational participants

Summary

Introduction

Whenever a school is mentioned, people usually think that the school is a place to transmit wisdom, impart knowledge, and resolve doubts. Students come to school to learn and accept knowledge. The acquisition of knowledge and the development of education are becoming easier and easier. Since ancient times, Chinese traditional culture has always advocated as follows: “Diligence is the path to the mountain of knowledge, hard-working is the boat to the endless sea of learning", making school education left a bitter stereotyped impression. Why not let students learn in happiness, appreciate happiness and achieve sense of gain to realize the self worth? Many people can't help asking: what is the purpose of students' coming to school? Positive education may provide a new way of thinking for this issue Inspirational diligent study is certainly necessary, why can't we bring it some sunshine? Why not let students learn in happiness, appreciate happiness and achieve sense of gain to realize the self worth? Many people can't help asking: what is the purpose of students' coming to school? Positive education may provide a new way of thinking for this issue

The Connotation and Theoretical Basis of Positive Education

Positive Education Is an Inevitable Result of the Development of the Times

The Present Situation of Positive Education

Harmfulness of the Single Value of Traditional Education

Positive Education Clearly Defines Two Major Functions of Education

Conclusion