Sentences with phrase «students about empathy»

Before committing to a global education program, Frederick Douglass, like many schools around the country, taught students about empathy and character.

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

The research - based anti-bullying program, called KiVa, includes role - playing exercises to increase the empathy of bystanders and computer simulations that encourage students to think about how they would intervene to reduce bullying.

The teachers help empower patients by discussing anatomy and educating patients about their bodies, and the students also receive invaluable support and empathy from peers in their class who have similar symptoms and conditions.

Those surveys were designed to measure five types of outcomes: 1) whether the school tour helped create cultural consumers (students who want to return to museums and engage in other cultural activities), 2) whether the school tour helped create cultural producers (students who want to make art), 3) whether the school tour increased student knowledge about art and history, 4) whether the school tour improved student critical thinking about works of art, and 5) whether the school tour altered student values, like empathy and tolerance.

In particular, enriching field trips contribute to the development of students into civilized young men and women who possess more knowledge about art, have stronger critical - thinking skills, exhibit increased historical empathy, display higher levels of tolerance, and have a greater taste for consuming art and culture.

The student surveys included multiple items assessing knowledge about art as well as measures of critical thinking, historical empathy, tolerance, and sustained interest in visiting art museums.

Students randomly assigned to receive a school tour of an art museum experience improvements in their knowledge of and ability to think critically about art, display stronger historical empathy, develop higher tolerance, and are more likely to visit such cultural institutions as art museums in the future.

When I implemented this experience with middle school and undergraduate students, the sharing and empathy in the room was palpable, and I learned so much about the emotional and social profiles of these students!

Students can learn from their teachers about positive ways to encourage others, display empathy, or solve conflicts.

Through partnering with a preschool special ed class, fifth - grade students learned and taught their community about developmental disabilities, enhancing their own empathy in the process.

Then, by writing about a historical event through the eyes of a person involved in it, the students were able to absorb empathy as well as retain the content.

Sarah: I think often about the values I want to impart to my students in the classroom, such as empathy, courage, community, and resilience.

Much bullying is based on biases, and those biases need to be addressed by refuting stereotypes and by having students learn about each other and develop empathy to bridge differences.

Bonnie Guarino, an English teacher at Huntington, says the Caring Schools recommendations indicated that one way for them to improve empathy was to improve communication between teachers and students — even something as simple as teachers asking students anonymously to share more about themselves.

Can designing games about real - world issues teach students empathy, systems thinking, and design thinking?

This semester or yearlong project might include, say, writing a biography of someone in the school who is very different in background; creating a video comprising interviews with other students, custodians, school secretaries, and various other school community members about what constitutes a just community; or developing a board or video game that promotes empathy and responsibility.

Instead of using just one approach to stop bullying and better handle conflict, they are using several methods, including teaching elementary - aged students about tolerance and empathy through antibullying, curriculum - based programs sold to schools such as Side By Side and Second Step, and using the Step to Respect program in middle school.

When asked what he hoped the student would learn from her work at the center, Rush spoke movingly about the student's ambition to become a child psychologist and the value of empathy and how it must be tempered by rational, disinterested thinking.

They were very keen to return to school and interview students to gain empathy about STEM / STEAM.

Levine talked with Education World about the importance of students using empathy skills in the classroom and in everyday situations.

Teaching empathy is about teaching students, not content — how they feel about the incoming knowledge will ultimately determine how useful it is to them.

These are topics that students approach with empathy, are invested in, and care about.

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.

The new American students also went into every social studies class in their high school to raise awareness about cultural diversity, overcome stereotypes, and build empathy.

Parents, teachers and students streamed into the library of Palo Alto's Gunn High School on a warm evening this spring to hear about a new plan, coming this fall, to help high school students develop empathy and coping skills through «social and emotional learning.»

Face the Future will virtually gather secondary school students, educators, and community members from around the world to think about what empathy might look like in the year 2026 — and how that future will impact the choices we make today.

In a recent unit on empathy, students were presented with a scenario for which they had to identify the main character's problem, think about their own experiences of similar problems, consider how the character might feel, and role - play what they would do if they were in that person's shoes.

When Founder and CEO Sara Potler LaHayne first embarked as a Fulbright Scholar in Colombia in 2007, it struck her as odd that students in conflict ridden Bogota were being taught about empathy and conflict resolution through textbooks.

The retrospective assignment presented in this article results from the merging of my thoughts about assessment, about bringing students» own voices to history, and about creating a sense of empathy for important historical events that this country holds in its collective memory.

Whether it is the role of dopamine in engaging learners K - 12 (music gives our brains a surge of the much beloved chemical) or the growth of empathy found in British students who spent one hour per week during a year's time playing instruments together, research findings about the many ways that the arts improve learning and readiness for college and careers is news we can use.

SEL isn't about adding another class to students» schedules or planing extra activities: It's about equipping educators with the tools and resources to integrate SEL into everyday interactions to help students set and achieve goals, manage emotions, feel and show empathy for others, and nurture positive relationships to establish a foundation for success.

It's about equipping educators with the tools and resources to integrate SEL into their classrooms and everyday interactions with children — helping students set and achieve goals, manage emotions, feel and show empathy for others, and nurture positive relationships to establish a foundation for success.

Students learn about themselves and others through group activities and discussions while developing the capacity for empathy and respect.

One student hinted at empathy when he said, «A lot of reflection today, and it helped me think about things and hear how others felt about the topics we were talking about.»

Students can choose their own themes, creating murals or collages about classroom values or portraying peaceful conflict resolution, the appreciation of differences, and empathy (Wolk, 2002).

Although such a statement sounds like an expression of empathy, it raises a red flag about these candidates» beliefs about student potential.

Talking about Narrative 4, students and teachers from Swain County High School discuss how bringing people together to hear one another's stories helps create empathy and unders...

«Through his empathy, understanding, and ability to connect with students, [Professor Otis] has guided countless young designers through Pratt Institute and onto successful careers in the industry,» said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, LEED AP, about the selection of Otis for the 2017 IIDA Educator of the Year award.

Artists, medical students, and people living with dementia and their caregivers engage in an arts - based process of empathy - building and storytelling that culminates in a performance about what it means to heal and be healed.

SEL is about building trusting relationships within a school, teaching empathy, and ensuring that every student (even in a large school) has one adult they are connected to and can trust when they have a problem.

Parents, teachers and students streamed into the library of Palo Alto's Gunn High School on a warm evening this spring to hear about a new plan, coming this fall, to help high school students develop empathy and coping skills through «social and emotional learning.»