TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE TEACHER WELL-BEING: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF POSITIVE INTELLIGENCE THROUGH THE LENS OF PERMA by Nooshin Siami Master of Arts in TEFL, Shiraz University, 2015 A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education (Curriculum Studies) in the Graduate Academic Unit of Education Supervisor: Paula Kristmanson, PhD, Education, UNB Examining Board: Roger Saul, PhD, Education, UNB William Morrison, PhD, Education, UNB Mary Lou Batty, PhD, Nursing, UNB This thesis is accepted by the Dean of Graduate Studies THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK March, 2019 ©Nooshin Siami, 2019