Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Editors' Notes -- 1: Appreciative Education -- What Is Appreciative Education? -- Theoretical Grounding and Appreciative Mindset. -- The Six Phases of Appreciative Education. -- Appreciative Education: Ideas for Innovative Practices -- Positive Interactions. -- Reciprocal Learning. -- Holistic Engagement. -- Strategic Design. -- Appreciative Leadership. -- Intentional Change. -- Conclusion -- 2: Cultivating Change Using Appreciative Inquiry -- Appreciative Inquiry -- Key Principles of AI -- Constructionist. -- Simultaneity. -- Poetic. -- Anticipatory. -- Positive. -- Wholeness. -- Planning and Organization -- AI as a Framework. -- SOAR. -- AI Resources -- Organizing Data. -- In Short -- Examples of AI in Student Affairs -- University of Oregon. -- University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). -- Conclusion -- RESOURCES -- 3: Promoting Positive Leadership -- Janice's Concern -- Positive Organizational Scholarship -- Leadership Models -- Abundance and the Upward Spiral -- Strengths. -- Social Fabric. -- Conclusion -- 4: Thriving in College -- Thriving as an Integrative View of Student Success -- Pathways to Thriving: One Size Does Not Fit All -- Campus Involvement. -- Spirituality. -- Creating a Sense of Community on Campus: The Foundation for Thriving -- 5: Fostering Student Engagement by Cultivating Curiosity -- Curiosity as the Foundation for Student Engagement -- Emerging Research on Curiosity in High-Achieving College Students -- The Study of High-Achieving College Students -- The Bifurcation of Exploration: Mastery Versus Performance -- Intellectual Challenge. -- Approach to Uncertainty. -- Relationship to Fear of Failure. -- Meaning and Purpose. -- The Effect of Psychosocial Support Systems. -- Practical Suggestions for Enhancing Curiosity Through Student Affairs Practice.

Student Affairs Professionals and Faculty Must Model Curiosity as a Way of Leading. -- Challenge Students to Conceptualize Failure as a Valuable Part of the Learning Process. -- Allow Students to Experience Uncertainty by Not Providing Quick Solutions to Problems. -- Orient Students to the Role of Curiosity in the College Experience. -- Develop an Emphasis on Discovering a Sense of Meaning in Life. -- Conclusion -- 6: Appreciative Inquiry in Teaching and Learning -- Appreciative Inquiry -- Appreciative Inquiry in the Classroom -- Appreciative Inquiry Beyond the Classroom -- Conclusion -- 7: Promoting Social Justice Through Appreciative Community Service -- Asset Mapping -- Appreciative Education in Service: A Model for Practice -- Disarm. -- Discover. -- Dream. -- Design. -- Deliver. -- Don't Settle. -- Conclusion -- 8: Resources and Readings in Positive Psychology -- Introductory Texts -- Positive Emotional Experience -- Strengths and Engagement -- Coaching and Activities -- Appreciative Inquiry and Positive Organizations -- Appreciative Social Justice -- Journals -- Index.