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= Happiness@School =

Happiness at School or Happiness@School is a project created by Martin Meissonnier and the film production company Campagne Première, consisting of an interactive web platform and a feature length documentary in French, Le Bonheur à l'École, co-created with Canal+.

The Happiness@School platform is a free media resource that streams short films. The films document schools, classrooms and teaching techniques from around the world, including parts of France, Europe and Asia (notably Cambodia and Gujarat, India, as of October 2021). Each piece showcases a particular teaching scenario based on interlinked themes. They reveal ways to:

·       prepare students to learn and thrive in the digital era (e.g. navigate social media safely)

·       use the latest technology successfully in the classroom (e.g. Virtual Reality)

·       introduce new interaction patterns to build up social skills and empathy (games, mediation practices)

·       overcome obstacles to enjoyable schooling (e.g. lack of resources, depopulation in rural communities, distraction or abuse through the Internet)

In some cases, multiple short films focus on a particular institution or setting; the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, founded by Kiran Bir Sethi, is the subject of sequence of shorts outlining original methods deployed there. Thus viewers learn in detail about the ‘Conglom’, a collaborative exercise encouraging cooperation and communication. Footage from Estonia reveals how the nation’s schools have evolved an advanced technology-friendly framework since the ‘Tiger Leap’ policy was introduced there in the 1990s.

Designed to be an open library of practical techniques that can inspire teachers and learners anywhere, the platform encourages users to register and interact with it. They may comment on films and propose ‘initiatives’ of their own which may then become the focus for future shorts. These will be uploaded to the platform, stimulating further discussion about the techniques.

Overall, Happiness@School is named for the problem that teachers and school communities around the world are innovating in order to try to solve: ‘Can we restore a sense of joy and vitality to our schools in such a complicated time?’ The platform, its films, community-building and resource-sharing show the many ways that teachers are already navigating this issue – and seeks to help more teachers do so in future.

Links
https://happinessatschool.org/en