Compassion and Education Cultivating Compassionate Children, Schools and Communities /

• Main Author: Peterson, Andrew (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Educational Psychology.; Sociology of Education.; Early Childhood Education.

This book makes a defence of compassion as an essential and significant quality that should be at the heart of the education of young people. It provides a careful exploration of what compassion means; how it is relevant to the various relationships among students, teachers, and the wider community;...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The Virtue of Compassion
• Chapter 2. Emotions at the Heart of Compassion. Chapter 3. Compassionate Acts
• Chapter 4. Compassion and the Self
• Chapter 5. Teaching about and for Compassion: Pedagogical Connections. Chapter 6. Schools as Compassionate Institutions: Teachers, Families and Communities
• Chapter 7. Concluding Thoughts.