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Jill Bergeron

4 Proven Strategies for Teaching Empathy | Edutopia - 0 views

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empathy character character education

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  • Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
  • In psychology, there are currently two common approaches to empathy: shared emotional response and perspective taking.
  • Shared emotional response, or affective empathy, occurs when an individual shares another person’s emotions.
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  • Perspective taking, also known as cognitive empathy, occurs when a person is able to imagine herself in the situation of another.
  • Teachers can be role models who, by example, show students the power of empathy in relationships.
  • Ask students to break into small groups and discuss how important it is to understand that many people disagree with us simply because they have a different point of view. Debrief the student comments.
  • In the classroom, literature can be used to help students see a situation from different perspectives.
  • We designed the HEAR strategy to help students recognize and block out that noise as they devote their attention to listening to one another. The HEAR strategy consists of these steps: Halt: Stop whatever else you are doing, end your internal dialogue on other thoughts, and free your mind to give the speaker your attention. Engage: Focus on the speaker
  • Anticipate: By looking forward to what the speaker has to say, you are acknowledging that you will likely learn something new and interesting,
  • Replay: Think about what the speaker is saying. Analyze and paraphrase it in your mind or in discussion with the speaker and other classmates.
  • Be aware of your feelings and thoughts about your ability to understand and share in the feelings of others. With metacognitive awareness, we can all become more effective at taking another’s perspective throughout our lives.
Jill Bergeron

If You're a Teacher, You Can Be a Public Speaker - Education Week Teacher - 0 views

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shared by Jill Bergeron on 27 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Do Your Homework: Research Audience & Space
  • Research your audience.
  • Ask questions about the setup of the room and the technology provided
  • Jill Bergeron on 27 Jul 15
     
    Practical tips on how to prepare for a PD presentation.
Jill Bergeron

Devon Carbado - 0 views

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diversity equity inclusion DEI

shared by Jill Bergeron on 23 May 19 - No Cached
  • Jill Bergeron on 23 May 19
     
    Potential DEI speaker
Jill Bergeron

What's Missing from the Conversation: The Growth Mindset in Cultural Competency - Indep... - 0 views

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mindset character education diversity inclusion equity

shared by Jill Bergeron on 11 May 16 - No Cached
  • “In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success — without effort. They’re wrong,” according to Dweck’s website.   “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work — brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Virtually all great people have had these qualities,” according to Dweck’s website.  (See graphic by Nigel Homes.)
  • The “All or None” myth teaches us that there those who are “with it” and those who are not.  Under this myth, those of us who understand or experience one of the societal isms (racism, sexism, classism, ableism, ageism, heterosexism, ethnocentrism, etc.) automatically assume that we understand the issues of other isms.
  • This myth keeps us from asking questions when we don’t know; we spend more energy protecting our competency status rather than listening, learning, and growing.
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  • In the growth mindset, we understand and accept that there is always room to grow. No one can fully master all aspects of cultural competency for all cultural identifiers, and mistakes are inevitable. With humble curiosity, we seek to better understand ourselves, understand others, develop cross-cultural skills, and work toward equity and inclusion.
  • The “Mistakes and Moral Worth” myth teaches us that those who offend or hurt must be doing so because they are bigoted and morally deficient, and good-hearted people do not speak or act in ways that marginalize. Under this myth, those of us who make an offensive comment, even if unintentional, are attacked as though we had professed to be a member of a hate group. 
  • This myth leaves us afraid to speak our mind for fear of public shaming. It keeps us focusing on our intentions rather than on our impacts.  We try to prove our moral worth by debasing others who have displayed shortcomings.
  • This myth leaves us slipping into complacency and clinging to a false sense of mastery, reluctant to look for authentic understanding and growth. It makes us think, “If we just find the right all-school read, the right professional development workshop, the right speaker for the MLK assembly, we can fix all the problems at the school.”
  • When others make mistakes, we are likely to respond with patience and desire to teach, understanding that it’s possible to dislike an action without disliking the person.
  •  Under this myth, those of us who’ve had some training to understand another’s identity and difference assume that we have learned everything we need to be competent. 
  •  We also believe that relationships can “fix” our misconceptions about a whole group of people. 
  • In the growth mindset, we understand that good people can make mistakes. Mistakes do not define us.
  • In the growth mindset, we understand that bias and prejudice, as Jay Smooth puts it, are more like plaque. There is so much misinformation in the world reinforced by history, systems, and media. If we are to keep the myths at bay, we must get into a regular practice, much like brushing and flossing every day. 
  • Jill Bergeron on 11 May 16
     
    This article offers up several ways in which a fixed mindset can prevent us from better understanding diversity and how a growth mindset can move us in the direction of inclusion and equity.
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