Quality of Life Movement: Historical Overview of the Policies and Challenges for the Future of Education

Autor/inn/en	Francesconi, Denis; Tarozzi, Massimiliano; Bykachev, Kirsi; Välimäki, Tarja; Turunen, Hannele; Simovska, Venka
Titel	Quality of Life Movement: Historical Overview of the Policies and Challenges for the Future of Education
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 21 (2023) 8, S.868-885 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Francesconi, Denis)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1177/14782103221105462
Schlagwörter	Quality of Life; Well Being; Psychological Patterns; History; Measures (Individuals); Educational Policy; Educational Trends; Futures (of Society) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensqualität; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Messdaten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Future; Society; Zukunft
Abstract	Since the early 1990s, there has been a paradigm shift in human development theory due to a slow but steady increase in the attention paid to the concepts of quality of life, wellbeing and happiness. Accordingly, some scientists have questioned the validity of Gross Domestic Product as a tool to explain the wealth and development of nations, and several institutions and scholars have started to provide new policies and indexes to measure both subjective and collective wellbeing. These include, among others, the so-called Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi report, the OECD's Better Life Initiative, the Quality of Life in Europe and the United Nations' World Happiness Index. At the moment, a comprehensive and critical historical review of this trend is still missing, as well as its impact on education systems. In this paper, we first review the historical development of what has been called the 'Quality of Life movement' (QoL movement) and the major trends and indexes currently available for measuring the quality of life and wellbeing. We then present some education policy initiatives as examples of the attempt to implement QoL discourse into education systems. We conclude by outlining critical theoretical considerations of how the QoL movement could impact future education policies and systems. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01