Strong Spirits, Kind Hearts
Helping Students Develop Inner Strength, Resilience, and Meaning- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2013
Summary
Strong Spirits, Kind Hearts is the first practical teacher resource to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of developing strong spirits and caring young people. It is focused on middle years’ students but most lessons can be adapted for older and younger students as well. This resource describes ways to incorporate emotional and spiritual supports into daily routines and interactions with students and provides ready-to-use activities, lessons and units that can be integrated into subject area teaching. This book helps teachers to:
understand the importance of strengthening students’ spirits and how this support improves students’ learning and classroom morale
build resilience and hope through their interactions with students
distinguish between the development of strong spirits and religious education
use approaches that are respectful of religious and spiritual diversity as well as more secular views
implement a wealth of strategies, lessons, and units that develop students’ compassion and sense of connection to others and the natural world
integrate a focus on meaning and purpose within subject area lessons.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2013
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-0209-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-0211-5
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 194
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- CONTENTS No access
- TEACHER TALKS No access
- PREFACE No access
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
- CHAPTER 1. IT STARTS WITH ME: The Teacher as a Compassionate Role Model No access
- CHAPTER 2. THE CLASSROOM COMMUNITY: Everyone Is Safe Here, Belongs Here, Is Needed No access
- CHAPTER 3. STRENGTHENING BONDS BETWEEN CLASS MEMBERS No access
- CHAPTER 4. BUILDING RESILIENCE AND INNER STRENGTH No access
- CHAPTER 5. CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE: A Unit No access
- CHAPTER 6. A MEANINGFUL LIFE No access
- CHAPTER 7. SPIRIT MATTERS No access
- CHAPTER 8. A BREATH OF FRESH AIR No access
- CHAPTER 9. THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS: Supporting Awe, Wonder, and Respect No access
- CHAPTER 10. THE TREE OF LIFE: An Integrated Unit No access
- CHAPTER 11. WE ARE ALL ONE No access
- CHAPTER 12. GOOD PEOPLE OF THE WORLD: A Unit No access
- TERMS USED No access Pages 183 - 184
- APPENDIX A. WAYS TO HELP PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS UNDERSTAND A FOCUS ON THE STUDENT’S SPIRIT No access Pages 185 - 186
- APPENDIX B. PRINCIPLES OF A RESTORATIVE APPROACH TO CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE No access Pages 187 - 188
- REFERENCES No access Pages 189 - 192
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR No access Pages 193 - 194





