The Transdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices: Challenges and Opportunities
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A Call for More Compassionate, Equitable Education
What’s Equity Got to Do With It? Recently I presented at a workshop for educators interested in the science of social and emotional learning (SEL) and prosocial education. After leading a half-day session on cultivating compassion, in which I also highlighted common blocks and obstacles — like stereotype, bias, prejudice and racism — to cultivating …
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Developing Measures of Compassion, Empathy, Care, and Kindness
As contemplative approaches are being applied in educational settings with increasing frequency, early studies using self-report and academic outcomes suggest that these programs hold promise for the well-being of both teachers and students. However, the field currently lacks empirically rigorous measures to evaluate important real-world behavior and psychological change due to the cultivation of compassion, …
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Call to Care: Overview
Call to Care in Practice: A Day in the Life of PS 112
Call to Care: Extending Care
Call to Care: Self-Care
Call to Care: Receiving Care
Angel Acosta, ACEL Participant: Contemplative Inquiry in Education
Angel Acosta, Program Director at College for Every Student, shares some insight from his experience at ACEL and some of the ways he uses contemplative leadership in his own work.
