Activating Positive Education in the Egyptian School in Light of Ontario Experience (Canada): A Suggested Proposal

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Foundations of Education, Faculty of Women, Ain Shams University

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Positive education is considered one of the most important features of contemporary education, and its integration and application in educational institutions have become an imperative necessity considering the increasing rates of psychological and mental illness among young people, besides the focus of educational institutions on developing academic aspects only for the student. Thus, the aim of the current research was to provide a suggested proposal for how to activate positive education in the Egyptian school considering the experience of the province of Ontario in Canada. The research used the descriptive analytical method and was delimited to the pre-university education stage, and it was also delimited to studying the experience of Ontario in the field of positive education in schools. The study reached a set of results, the most important of which is the increasing global interest in the concept of positive education and the achievement of well-being, and that there was a lack of interest in positive education at the level of educational institutions in Egypt. The study concluded by presenting a suggested proposal for activating positive education in Egyptian schools. This proposal was built upon a set of elements, namely: supporting the psychological health of students in schools, providing support for teachers to help them achieve positive education for their students, supporting student participation in school life, providing students with the skills of positive planning for their educational and professional future, paying attention to the physical education course in schools, and promoting a positive school climate.

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