Theoretical and Conceptual Research
References
Purposes of Education
Brighouse, H. (2006). On education. Routledge.
Coulter, D. L., & Wiens, J. R. (Eds.). (2008). Why do we educate? Renewing the conversation. Blackwell Publishing.
Conceptualizing Well-Being
Falkenberg, T. (2014). Making sense of Western approaches to well-being for an educational context. In F. Deer, T. Falkenberg, B. McMillan, & L. Sims (Eds.), Sustainable well-being: Concepts, issues, and educational practices (pp. 77-94). ESWB Press. https://www.eswb-press.org/uploads/1/2/8/9/12899389/sustainable_well-being_2014.pdf
Falkenberg, T. (2019). Framing human well-being and well-becoming: An integrated systems approach. http://wellbeinginschools.ca/paper-series/
Falkenberg, T. (in press). The ethics of sustainable well-being and well-becoming: A systems approach to virtue ethics. In H. Bai, D. Chang, & C. Scott. (Eds.). Eco-virtues: Living well in the Anthropocene. University of Regina Press.
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Teacher Well-Being
Falkenberg, T. (2016). Inner wisdom: A foundation for being a teacher. In K. Ragoonaden & S. Bullock (Eds.), Mindfulness and critical friendship: A new perspective on professional development for educators (pp. 1-12). Lexington Books.
Education & Well-Being
Hostetler, K. D. (2011). Seducing souls: Education and the experience of human well-being. Continuum.
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White, J. (2011). Exploring well-being in schools: A guide to making children’s lives more fulfilling. Routledge.
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Natural Environment & Well-Being
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Indigenous Perspectives on Well-Being
Deer, F., & Falkenberg, T. (2016). Indigenous perspectives on education for well-being in Canada. Education for Sustainable Well-Being Press.
O’Brien, C., & Howard, P. (Eds.). (2020). Living schools: Transforming Education. Education for Sustainable Well-Being Press. https://www.eswb-press.org/publications.html