Education for Flourishing Standards

Suggested Citation: Larson, K.E., Chaturvedi, A., & Lee, M (2020). Education for Flourishing Standards. Presented at the Harvard Human Flourishing Program’s Community of Practice Meeting, September 29, 2020. Adapted from Bloom’s Taxonomy and Human Flourishing Index. For more information, see the Consortium for Human Flourishing at Saint Louis University.

The standards below can be applied to promote flourishing within curriculum content, process, and product.

Standard I: Happiness and Life Satisfaction

HF1.1: Define happiness and life satisfaction.

HF1.2: Identify factors that promote happiness and life satisfaction.

HF1.3: Apply tools of flourishing to increase happiness and life satisfaction.

HF1.4: Analyze resources and draw connections between actions and happiness/ life satisfaction.

HF1.5: Evaluate various strategies that contribute to happiness and life satisfaction.

HF1.6: Create an action plan to increase happiness and life satisfaction.

Standard II: Mental and Physical Health

HF2.1: Define mental and physical health.

HF2.2: Identify factors that promote mental and physical health.

HF2.3: Apply tools of flourishing to increase mental and physical health.

HF2.4: Analyze resources and draw connections between actions and mental/ physical health.

HF2.5: Evaluate various strategies that contribute to mental and physical health.

HF2.6: Create an action plan to increase mental and physical health.

Standard III: Meaning and Purpose

HF3.1: Define meaning and purpose.

HF3.2: Identify factors that promote meaning and purpose.

HF3.3: Apply tools of flourishing to increase meaning and purpose.

HF3.4: Analyze resources and draw connections between actions and meaning/purpose.

HF3.5: Evaluate various strategies that contribute to meaning and purpose.

HF3.6: Create an action plan to increase meaning and purpose.

Standard IV: Character and Virtue

HF4.1: Define character and virtue.

HF4.2: Identify factors that promote character and virtue.

HF4.3: Apply tools of flourishing to increase character and virtue.

HF4.4: Analyze resources and draw connections between actions and character/ virtue.

HF4.5: Evaluate various strategies that contribute to character and virtue.

HF4.6: Create an action plan to increase character and virtue.

Standard V: Close Social Relationships

HF5.1: Define close social relationships.

HF5.2: Identify factors that promote close social relationships.

HF5.3: Apply tools of flourishing to increase close social relationships.

HF5.4: Analyze resources and draw connections between actions and close social relationships.

HF5.5: Evaluate various strategies that contribute to close social relationships.

HF5.6: Create an action plan to increase close social relationships.

Standard VI: Financial and Material Stability

HF6.1: Define financial and material stability.

HF6.2: Identify factors that promote financial and material stability.

HF6.3: Apply tools of flourishing to increase financial and material stability.

HF6.4: Analyze resources and draw connections between actions and financial and material stability.

HF6.5: Evaluate various strategies that contribute to financial and material stability.

HF6.6: Create an action plan to increase financial and material stability.