English Major Students ’perceptions towards positive Education

Tran Thi Truc Duyen *

* Correspondence: Tran Thi Truc Duyen (email: duyentranthitruc@gmail.com)

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Received: 03 Jul 2023
Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Accepted: 31 Jul 2023
Published: 03 Aug 2023
DOI: 10.58810/vhujs.9.3.2023.725
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Tran Thi Truc, D. (2023). English Major Students ’perceptions towards positive Education. Van Hien University Journal of Science 9(3), 41-48.
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Volume 9 - Issue 3 (2023)
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Education

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Abstract

Positive education (PosEd) is considered the ideal model of the combination of the positive Psychology principle and well-being. However, the system of education in Vietnam has seldom applied this model in spite of facing a lot of problems in the school environment. The article aims to point out the positive changes in the environment of higher education in Vietnam as PosEd is implemented. The attitude of university learners is investigated to clarify how they accept this new model. Using the quantitative method with eighty-five students, Ho Chi Minh University Foreign Languages - Information Technology (Huflit) and Hong Bang International University (HIU), were selected randomly, the study is taken from the connection between positive education and students’ perception. The data collection through the survey expressed educators considers applying this to deal with many troubles in the school environment. The results demonstrate university students’ views approach this new model because of a lot of practical support. Hence, lots of adjustment and implementation to educational curriculums always bring expected learning outcomes more effectively.
Keywords: English major, perception, positive education

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