Research-based activities to promote student flourishing

Helen Hampson, Research and Development Manager, Sevenoaks School, UK Christina Hinton, CEO, Research Schools International; Research Affiliate, Harvard Human Flourishing Program Ayse Yemiscigil, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Human Flourishing Program Mark Beverley, Director of Institute of Teaching & Learning, Sevenoaks School Jon Beale, Teacher of Philosophy/Research Fellow, Sevenoaks School Ben Hill, Researcher, Research Schools International Introduction There is a growing global movement to promote flourishing in education. The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University defines flourishing as a state of complete well-being, characterised by happiness and life satisfaction, a sense of meaning and purpose, good character and virtue, physical and mental health, and close social relationships (VanderWeele, 2017). In this study, researchers from Research Schools International (RSI) and Harvard collaborated with Sevenoaks School to conduct research on s