Civility, Compassion, and Courage in Schools Today

Strategies for Implementing in K-12 Classrooms

AvPatricia Kohler-Evans,Candice Dowd Barnes

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Over the past two decades, and perhaps even before the “No Child Left Behind Act,” policy makers and others have managed to drain civility, compassion, and courage from everyday classroom instruction. We have grown to become an educational system that is almost solely focused on academics at the expense of teaching to the whole child. Civility, Compassion, and Courage in Schools Today argues that civility, compassion and courage are absolutely essential to foster good citizenship—to encourage and motivate students to action—to take on the perspectives of others, and to see how they can become productive members in an ever changing global community. Using the authors’ “Model of Influence,” a four level hierarchy, they suggest that students can be taught to be more civil, compassionate, and courageous, even when facing adversity, and can move from developing a consciousness about these attributes into embracing influence and taking bold action. This book provides numerous examples as well as lesson plans designed to assist all educators to infuse their instruction with these critical attributes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-13
Mått:155 x 230 x 10 mm
Vikt:200 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:130
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781475809763

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Utbildningsstrategier och utbildningspolitik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Patricia Kohler-Evans,EdD, serves as an associate professor at the University of Central Arkansas in the Department of Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education. With many years of experience in special education in schools and in district administration, she serves as an executive coach for public school leaders and works with teachers across the state of Arkansas, providing professional development in research-validated methodologies. Candice Dowd Barnes, EdD, serves as an assistant professor at the University of Central Arkansas in the Department of Elementary, Literacy and Special Education, and her background spans many years in early childhood education, leadership and administration. Her work with public schools, early care and education centers, teachers, leaders, and others professionals champions the role that curriculum and assessment, dispositions for learning, and healthy relationship play when creating pathways of success for all learners.

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In a world where standards and expectations are at an all-time high, Barnes and Kohler-Evans argue that educators are responsible for teaching beyond the books. Their new book is one that convicts the soul and reminds me why I ventured into the calling of teaching in the first place: to be the difference in order to make a difference.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceChapter 1: Creating a ClimateChapter 2: A Theoretical Framework: The Model of InfluenceChapter 3: Current Research and Classroom ApplicationsChapter 4: Bringing Civility to LifeChapter 5: Bringing Compassion to LifeChapter 6: Bringing Courage to LifeChapter 7: Lesson Plans in CivilityChapter 8: Lesson Plans in CompassionChapter 9: Lesson Plans in CourageChapter 10: Advice for School LeadersAppendix A: Lesson Plan TemplateAppendix B: Resources for Developing a PowerPoint, Prezi, or Blog