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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Case study of a school wellbeing initiative: Using appreciative inquiry to support positive change |
Author: | Waters, L. White, M. |
Citation: | International Journal of Wellbeing, 2015; 5(1):19-32 |
Publisher: | International Journal of Wellbeing |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
ISSN: | 1179-8602 1179-8602 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Lea Waters, Mathew White |
Abstract: | Drawing from the fields of positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship and educational administration, this case study reports on the process used in a large K-12 school to implement the strategic goal of fostering student wellbeing. This case study outlines the three strategic phases used to build wellbeing over a two-and-a-half-year time period: 1) development; 2) implementation; and 3) monitoring. The school aligned its change process to the goal of achieving wellbeing by adopting appreciative inquiry as the overarching change approach. Appreciative inquiry is a systematic, holistic, and collaborative methodology that follows a strengths-based model of change. Through the use of appreciative inquiry, 15 bottom-up (instigated by students and staff) and top-down (instigated by leadership) initiatives were generated over a two-and-a-half-year period. This paper provides an applied example of how AI can be woven into a strategic change process to support the wellbeing of students. The paper aims to contribute to the rapidly developing field of positive education. |
Keywords: | appreciative inquiry; positive psychology; positive organizational scholarship; educational administration; wellbeing |
Rights: | Copyright belongs to the author(s). Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) |
DOI: | 10.5502/ijw.v5i1.2 |
Published version: | https://www.internationaljournalofwellbeing.org/index.php/ijow/article/view/328 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Education publications |
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