Open AccessHappy Schools: Perspectives and Matters of Organization-Pedagogy in School’s Building and Development
Author(s) -
Phạm Minh Giản,
Đặng Quốc Bảo,
Tăng Thái Thụy Ngân Tâm,
Phạm Văn Tặc
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international education studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1913-9039
pISSN - 1913-9020
DOI - 10.5539/ies.v14n6p92
Subject(s) - vietnamese , happiness , pedagogy , set (abstract data type) , process (computing) , mathematics education , psychology , sociology , social psychology , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , programming language , operating system
Building “happy schools” has been one of the key concerns by many countries in recent years with an aim to create a friendly, safe, and happy teaching and learning environment so that teachers and students can have more motivation in improving their teaching and learning achievements, thus bringing forth more happiness to the involved individuals and organizations. The article introduces the concept of a “happy school”, outlined the perspectives on building happy schools by the world and Vietnamese political, cultural leaders, educational researchers as well as organizations so that they can be applied in the process of educational innovation. Thereby, the authors identify the key elements and criteria for such a “happy school” model, clarify the roles of the schools’ headmasters as well as summarize a set of ten messages for a happy school to prepare under the current situation of school innovation.