The Compassionate Educator: Understanding Social Issues and the Ethics of Care in Canadian Schools

ISBN-13: 9781773381336

Allyson Jule

Opis

In this edited collection, respected professor and scholar Allyson Jule brings together leading academics to discuss the evolution of student diversity in contemporary Canadian classrooms. This book explores a wide range of student complexities, including matters such as mental health, Indigenous education, queer education, youth radicalization and extremism, disability, religious practice, ESL, and refugee student support. This book equips teachers with the foundation needed to build a classroom that unpacks the social fabric of individual student and classroom populations from a place of deep understanding and compassion. Using a student-centered methodology, readers learn how to navigate difficult situations in the classroom with empathy and consider the distinct lived experiences that inform students' actions in school. Encouraging critical reflection and a deeper understanding of diversity, this insightful and applicable resource is ideal for students in teacher education programs and for practicing educators across Canada. FEATURES: situates international topics in education, including race, gender, and culture, in a Canadian context includes learning objectives, glossaries, and critical thinking questions within each chapter utilizes both theoretical and research-based approaches to offer a balanced examination of the modern challenges teachers face

Spis treści

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Compassionate Educator: Uncovering and Addressing Layers of Complex and Urgent Sociocultural Realities
• Chapter 2: Teaching in Difficult Times: The Promise of Care Ethics
• Chapter 3: Educators’ Journeys of Studying Contemporary Indigenous History and Culture: Along the Road of Compassion to Reconciliation
• Chapter 4: Straight Teacher Allies: Lessons from Compassionate Educators
• Chapter 5: Closing the Gaps: A Compassionate View of Mental Health Beyond the Medical Model
• Chapter 6: The Compassionate Language Educator: Understanding Social Issues in Canadian Schools
• Chapter 7: “I Just Want My Teachers to Care about Me”: Compassion Through Care with Refugee Students in High School Classrooms
• Chapter 8: Treating English-Language Students with Respect: Critical Praxis
• Chapter 9: Help, I’m Being Yelled at By a Parent! Overcoming Interpersonal Challenges with Compassionate Assertiveness
• Chapter 10: Compassionate Communication: A Key Aspect of Partnering with Parents of Students with Disabilities
• Chapter 11: Viewing with Compassion: Religious Responsiveness in Canadian Schools
• Chapter 12: The Radicalization of Youth in the West: How Can Canadian Teachers Effectively Approach this Issue in Their Classrooms?
• Chapter 13: Compassion in High-Poverty Schools: Socially Just Educational Leadership in Action
• Chapter 14: Racism in Schools and Classrooms: Towards an Anti-Racist Pedagogy of Power and Systemic Privilege
• Author Biographies
• Index