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POSITIVE EDUCATION — THE AXIOM OF CONTEMPORARY UPBRINGING AND EDUCATION knowledge of man, continued to focus mainly on the cognitive side and its knowledge performance, or will, characterized by human actions. According to the pedagogical anthropologist Malik (2013), it focused primarily on the intellectual side, i.e. permanent knowledge, and secondarily on the emotional area, i.e. temporary knowledge. According to Malik, the opinion rehabilitation of the area of emotional experience in the educational process took place quite late, he points out the verdict of the current sciences about man, in which man is no longer primarily a thinking being, but an emotional being who is capable of thinking precisely because he has feelings. Emotions and emotional states stimulate thinking and acting in the real world. According to the author, emotions are awakened from apathy, they stimulate activity and subsequently encourage a feeling to the world that opens up to the student, who, in turn, makes himself available to knowledge itself (Malik, 2013). Positive education focuses on issues of happiness, well-being, friendship, joy, positive thinking, cooperation, trust, optimism, humility, enthusiasm, interest, creativity, resilience, altruism, empathy, forgiveness, the meaning of life, etc. These concepts are only very marginally included in the current educational process in the daily educational activities of the teacher and the student’s learning activities. Positive education has its potential, the main idea of which is the well-being of pupils and students, which supports their education and develops them to be good people and citizens. A good school is not only aimed at achieving students’ academic potential but also aims to develop students’ personalities so that they become caring, responsible and ultimately productive and valid members of society and in life. In the context of positive psychology, positive education can be defined as education for traditional life skills and education for a happy person. Positive education is based on the best teaching strategies to help students achieve the best educational outcomes, paired with aspects of positive psychology that promote student safety and well-being. Positive psychological interventions include decision-making, problem-solving skills, relaxation, and creative brainstorming. Using this knowledge in positive education improves mental health and well-being, reduces depression and anxiety, and improves academic success and creative thinking, eliminating student stress. The contribution of positive psychology to pedagogical activities is mainly in approaches and strategies that appreciate humanistic teaching. +26 +
