HAPPY CLASS

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 16, 426 - 439, 31.12.2023

Mustafa Fidan

https://doi.org/10.57135/jier.1346663

Abstract

This study includes a literature review on the phenomenon of happy class. The aim of the research is to examine the phenomena of happiness and classroom separately and to identify the intersection and cooperation areas of both concepts. It is emphasised that a happy class supports academic achievement by increasing motivation and improves students' emotional well-being. The happy class phenomenon is in line with the UNESCO happy schools project and aims to improve the impact of classrooms on the basis of student and teacher happiness. The theoretical foundations of the happy class phenomenon refer to rational, natural, open and innovative organisational theories. As a result, a happy class refers to a learning environment in which the goals set are achieved based on the happiness of students, teachers and parents. In this study, the importance of happy classes is emphasised and it is stated that students, teachers and parents should work together because a happy class is a shared responsibility between teachers, students and parents.

Keywords

Happiness, classroom, happy class, happy school.

HAPPY CLASS

Abstract

In this study, a literature review is conducted on the metaphor of happy classroom. The aim of this study is to examine the phenomena of happiness and classroom separately and to determine the intersection and cooperation areas of both concepts. When the overlapping of the unique needs of individuals and the reality in the classroom environment is defined as happiness, thoughts can be produced on the happy classroom as a goal, value and living phenomenon. The basis of a happy classroom is the happiness of three basic components, namely students, teachers and parents, and a learning environment in which the classroom goals set by the management are achieved. The happy classroom is an effort to get maximum efficiency from the learning environment by integrating students, parents and teachers in a spiral of happiness in such a way that none of them are left out. The happy classroom metaphor is a design that is fully compatible with the happiness and classroom literature and aims for more livable learning environments.

Keywords

Happiness, classroom, happy classroom, happy school

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