Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Chapter 1. The Virtue of Compassion.- Chapter 2. Emotions at the Heart of Compassion. Chapter 3. Compassionate Acts.- Chapter 4. Compassion and the Self.- Chapter 5. Teaching about and for Compassion: Pedagogical Connections. Chapter 6. Schools as Compassionate Institutions: Teachers, Families and Communities.- Chapter 7. Concluding Thoughts.
Synopsis
This book makes a defence of compassion as an essential and significant quality that should be at the heart of the education of young people. It provides a careful exploration of what compassion means; how it is relevant to the various relationships among students, teachers, and the wider community; and the particular pedagogical processes that can and might develop compassion. Understanding and justifying compassion as a virtue, this book argues that compassion is a virtue central to all human relationships from the familial, to the communal and to the global. It will be of interest to academics, research and students of education.