Sentences with phrase «students about compassion»

He was teaching his students about compassion, generosity and empathy in the simplest ways: growing plants.

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John Wenz has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism, since 1986, when he first heard His Holiness the Dalai Lama speak about compassion.

Showing compassion does not mean you're a student's friend — it means you care about their progress and are invested in their future.

With keen insight, a skilled ear, sensitivity, and compassion, she has engaged her TEP colleagues in thinking about how their purposes for teaching and learning and the beliefs and assumptions that frame those purposes influence their efforts to support all students» learning,» says Lecturer Vicki Jacobs, faculty director of TEP.

She also talked about her experiences on the day of the tsunami, and the lessons about compassion and global awareness she wants to bring back to her students.

Faculty and Cohort Community — We can't say enough about the curiosity, compassion, and commitment of PSP students.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Practice what you preach: Teachers should model compassion and acts of compassion on a daily basis, by complimenting students on their successes, inquiring about their day or their weekend activities, and addressing all bullying behaviors consistently.

Since some research has shown that school shooters, as well as school bullies, often feel alienated and isolated, programs use strategies to help students understand more about themselves, regulate their emotions, and also heighten compassion and empathy within schools.

This model values not only academic success but also students» ability to learn about themselves, healthy relationships, social responsibility, and compassion.

Are you looking for a way to teach your students about pets, animal welfare, and compassion for animals?

THE BAF HUMANE EDUCATION PROGRAM focuses on teaching basic compassion for animals and to educate K - 5 students about safe companion animal care.

With this training, they will then go to North Carolina public schools and teach elementary school students about treating animals with compassion and kindness.

Have students write an essay about how our nation is fostering greater tolerance and compassion toward different ethnicities, races, religions and people with different sexual preferences.

Houston, TX About Blog At Dawn Mountain we strive to inspire all seekers to develop skills for living, including mindfulness and compassion to instruct new and advanced students in the contemplative, artistic and healing practices of Tibetan Buddhism in collaboration with Western and Asian teachers to support living Buddhist culture in Asia.

Chang and Davis (2009) further elaborate on this model by explaining how teachers» implicit theory of relationships (i.e., generalized beliefs about the nature of classroom relationships) are linked to habitual appraisals of problematic student behavior and, in turn, unproductive emotional labor, compassion fatigue, and burnout.