Encouraging hope and optimism

[Boyd Roberts]

Encouraging hope and optimism

For ideas on how to work with students to foster a sense of hope and optimism try:

Hope and Optimism: The Other 21st Century Skills
A thoughtful and helpful blog post from Jackie Gerstein
https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/hope-and-op...

David Hicks, a leading worker in global education in the UK, found that teachers who were regularly working with students on challenging issues found hope in the following:

There are plenty of things we can be pessimistic about in the world. But we can work with young people to make them more optimistic in various ways, including:

• Looking for good news stories

• Encouraging students to take action to change things - fosters optimism and a sense of and capacity to make a difference.

Research evidence indicates that developing an optimistic approach in one area of life overspills to other areas.