As a new principal to a school this year, I am at the outset of my own journey of enculturation; of absorbing, being influenced by, and being initiated into, an existing culture. In their work on culture this week, our staff were guided by organisational psychologist Hayley Lokan, from I...
In the emergent field of positive education, studies have investigated the characteristics of successful positive education interventions (Waters Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 28(2), 75–90, 2011). These characteristics include following a whole school approach, integrating positive ...