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Sustainable development and happiness : a perspective from Bhutanese schools |
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| Author: | Ahonen, Päivi1; Jeronen, Eila1; Korkeamäki, Riitta-Liisa1 |
| Organizations: |
1Faculty of Education and Psychology, The University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland |
| Format: | article |
| Version: | accepted version |
| Access: | embargoed |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023080994396 |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature,
2023
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| Publish Date: | 2025-08-04 |
| Description: |
AbstractThe article provides the background on how education for sustainable development is connected with education practices of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH) development policy. Teaching in Bhutan focuses on values representing GNH philosophy: bravery, honesty, compassion, respect, moral principles, and global citizenship. Students answered questions and drew pictures describing “what kind of life is good life” and “what makes Bhutanese people happy.” Bhutanese teachers are trained to incorporate the GNH development into the teaching of all subjects. Educating for GNH Training Manual guides teachers to include value education into different subjects covering a broader learning environment, critical thinking, and media literacy. see all
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| ISBN: | 978-981-99-3493-5 |
| ISBN Print: | 978-981-99-3492-8 |
| Pages: | 431 - 455 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-99-3493-5_19 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3493-5_19 |
| Host publication: |
Understanding happiness : an explorative view |
| Host publication editor: |
Chetri, Saamdu Dutta, Tanusree Mandal, Manas Kumar Patnaik, Priyadarshi |
| Type of Publication: |
A3 Book chapter |
| Field of Science: |
516 Educational sciences 515 Psychology |
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| Copyright information: |
© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. |