What Makes a School a Happy School? Parents’ Perspectives

Well-being, equity, and inclusion are central aspects of happy schools. In this context, we aim to provide information identify the characteristics schools Portuguese children’s level happiness at school. total, one thousand three hundred ninety-nine parents children from five twenty years old participated in study by answering a mostly open-ended questionnaire. They indicated their perceptions how were school, moments they associated with individual unhappiness, that found conducive promoting happiness. The findings show value relationships establish teachers’ personal professional skills, learning strategies, fact students can be creative while valuable content. From perspective parents, unhappy characterized teachers negative attitudes attributes, bullying, an excessive workload, consequent stress. Differences terms gender age not significant study. We levels school decrease as students’ ages increase.