Roots of empathy : changing the world, child by child

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Roots of empathy : changing the world, child by child / Mary Gordon.

Gordon, Mary, 1947- (Author).

Summary:

Roots of empathy -- an evidence-based program developed in 1996 by longtime educator and social entrepreneur Mary Gordon -- has already reached more than 270,000 children in Canada, the U.S., Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. Now, as The New York Times reports that “empathy lessons are spreading everywhere amid concerns over the pressure on students from high-stakes tests and a race to college that starts in kindergarten,” Mary Gordon explains the value of and how best to nurture empathy and social and emotional literacy in all children -- and thereby reduce aggression, antisocial behavior, and bullying.

Record details

ISBN: 9780887622786
ISBN: 088762278X
ISBN: 088762278X (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780887622786 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781771020275 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xx, 265 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), port. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Toronto : T. Allen Publishers, c2007.
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references: p. [261]-264.
Formatted Contents Note:: Section one: Roots of empathhy 1. From a tiny seed -- 2. Empathy: What it is and why it matters -- 3. The roots of empathy classroom: My teacher is a baby -- Section two: The six strands of connection -- 4. Roots of empathy: Six strands of human connection -- 5. Love grows brains: Teaching chilfren neuroscience -- 6. Temperament: Getting to know you -- 7. Attachment: Building the first relationship -- 8. Emotional literacy: The language of the heart -- 9. Authentic communication: speaking from the heart -- 10. Social inclusion: Setting a place for everyone -- 11. What babies would say to bullies -- 12. What babies would say about infant safety -- 13. What babies would say to teachers -- 14. What babies would say parents -- 15. Changing the world child by child .