Revista de Psicologia da UNESP
On-line version ISSN 1984-9044
Abstract
OLIVEIRA, Jonatã Silva de. For a education more positive - positive psychology applied to education. Rev. Psicol. UNESP [online]. 2020, vol.19, n.2, pp.128-133. ISSN 1984-9044. https://doi.org/10.5935/1984-9044.20200030.
The Positive Psychology is a psychological approach origined in the begin this century that proposes the scientifical study of the positive human characteristics and of realization towards to life feeling. The work "Positive psychology applied to education", organized by Tatiana de Cássia Nakano and contributed by several specialists, shows how this recent strand can potencialize the learning and relationals processes to differents aspects involved to the education. The thirteen chapters of book embraces themes as positive development, quality of life, life project, socioemotional compentences, criativity, positive atittudes, between others correlated constructs related to the educational environment processes. There is also chapters dedicateds to autoral researches more recents relationed about the pertinent aspects to this thematic. The book glimpse the panorama of the researches and interventions most recents relationed to the theme of education and can be attractive to the researchers of education,psychology area and educational field professionals.
Keywords : Positive Psychology; human development; educational psychology; quality of life.