An up-to-date look at the importance of well-being in educational settings Written by leading
expertsExplores teacher and student well-beingLooks at different approaches and toolsPresents
research from educational sciences educational psychology and health scienceAlthough there is
agreement that well-being in school matters - for example for student achievement teacher
optimal functioning and school effectiveness - a more profound understanding is needed about
the predictors effects and ways of promoting well-being in school. This topical volume
presents up-to-date research on the role of well-being in school from the fields of educational
sciences educational psychology and health science. The contributions investigate both
teacher well-being and student well-being in different countries and by using various advanced
methods.Importantly well-being in school is understood in these articles as a multidimensional
construct that takes the complexity of the term well-being and the educational setting into
account. Accordingly the contributors explore a range of approaches and instruments of how
well-being in school can be investigated and discuss the benefits for individuals schools and
educational systems in promoting well-being. The findings support the prominent role of
well-being for students' and teachers' lives and encourage further research on well-being in
school as there is a need for much more scientific knowledge in both theory and practice.
