Compassion
This is an investigation of Compassion in the Classroom. As future educators, we feel compassion is one of the most important qualities to foster in our students. Not only is it important for developing world citizens, but it helps students develop understandings of other cultures and perspectives. A large component of Social Studies education is the study of humans: society, history, anthropology, human nature. In order to understand and study these things, it is important to have compassion for the perspectives and the people you are studying.
In a bigger picture, compassion is also a value and a trait of human beings that is crucial for a well-funcitoning society. In a smaller one, fostering compassion in students is believed to reduce bullying and create a safe and respectful learning environment for all students and people in a school, classroom or community.
We are Jacqui T. and Erica L. of the University of Victoria Elementary Education Program. For our investigation assignment we have asked the question "How and why can you teach compassion?". Here we have collected and condensed our findings on a website as a multimodal tool to express our research. We hope you find the information and resources we have provided helpful for your teaching.
Please note that all links to sources are imbedded in the titles of the components, so look for these as you read the pages to be linked to the original webpage, pdf, or e-book.
In a bigger picture, compassion is also a value and a trait of human beings that is crucial for a well-funcitoning society. In a smaller one, fostering compassion in students is believed to reduce bullying and create a safe and respectful learning environment for all students and people in a school, classroom or community.
We are Jacqui T. and Erica L. of the University of Victoria Elementary Education Program. For our investigation assignment we have asked the question "How and why can you teach compassion?". Here we have collected and condensed our findings on a website as a multimodal tool to express our research. We hope you find the information and resources we have provided helpful for your teaching.
Please note that all links to sources are imbedded in the titles of the components, so look for these as you read the pages to be linked to the original webpage, pdf, or e-book.