Dream Societies--Promoting Hope in Finnish Ninth-Graders

• Published in: Schools (Chicago, Ill.) Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 187 - 206
• Main Author: Alanko, Antti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Chicago Press 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Climate; Democracy; Educational Philosophy; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Goal Orientation; Grade 9; Guidelines; Peace; Psychological Patterns; Social Justice; Social Studies; Student Attitudes; Student Projects; Teaching Methods; Theories; War; Finland

This study investigates the hopes of a group of Finnish of ninth-graders and how hopeful they are. This study also explores how to teach in a way that promotes hope. The theoretical framework of this study combines two different theories of hope, C. R. Snyder's psychological hope theory and Pau...