Happiness Curriculum: Transformative Process to Ensure Holistic Child Development

Bridging the Gap - Fostering Holistic Development in Education

Abstract

Happiness is the key to achieve self satisfaction in life.Happines of children can be understood by some indicators like friendship, cooperation and optimism. Positive experiences during childhood can shape better personality and perspective of human being in further life. It is ethical responsibility of teachers and parents to understand the requirements of children related to emotional, psychological and social needs. In psychology the concept of positive education is becoming more popular day by day. According to Seligman (2009) positive education focuses on the gap between what people want for their children and what does school teach. Parents want to see their children to be self aware, confident, happy and satisfied but schools only focus on marks, academic work and discipline. To bring balance in students’ life is the noble responsibility of teachers and parents.