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1. Current Issue - Newsletter #14 - February 6, 2005
"Learning through our hearts ...
receiving, being and building caring in our lives"
Greetings ...
I hope this edition of our newsletter brings you some information
that you find
meaningful and useful.
Why caring is important?
• Why caring is important by Lee Smith and Linda Emigh.
Caring ways, teacher's being caring ...
• Teacher's as role models - hurtful language & behavior by Susan Fitzell
• School Staff - as a learning & moral community - Character Education Partnership
• Breaking bad discipline habits - Parenting Magazine / AOL
• What is Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Why is it important
Announcemements and updates...
• Work opportunity at Center for Social and Emotional Education
Calendar of gatherings
1. Talks, workshops and conferences to be aware of
2. Highlighting a Passage Ways workshop founded by Rachael Kessler
Caring and the arts
7. The source photo of an apple for our home page
Kind regards,
Marty Kirschen, editor
caring in education
http://www.caringeducation.net
Our current subscriber mailing list is 790.
Our newsletter began in August 1999 and the website in April 2001
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Table of Contents - Index of articles from all issues
(current articles are listed in bold)
You can navigate to desired articles by clicking on the blue line in each section.
1) The 3 W’s of Caring
A. The
Why of caring... Why is it important to ask these questions...
1. Introduction
2. Why is caring important to education?
3. Why is it important to "be" and "instruct" caring?
4. Why is it importartant to define what caring is?
5. Why caring is important by Lee Smith and Linda Emigh. (1/05)
B. What
... Attitude and action
1. Individuals define caring (January 2001)
2. Meaning in Caring - Milton Mayeroff
3. The Heart of Caring - Nel Noddings
4. Social and Emotional Learning - Elias, Weissberg, Cohen
5. Using "Emotional Intelligence" - Salovey, Mayer, Caruso (January 2001)
6. "Positive Pschology - Learned Hopefullness" - Martin Seligman (May
2000)
7. "Ripples in my pond" - caring close to home - Gandhi (reprint
August 1999)
8. Receiving children's caring towards us - Diane
Lightbody (August 1999)
9. Integrity of the teacher - Parker Palmer
(August 1999 newsletter)
10.
Loving ways in the inner city - Peter McLaren
(from October 1999)
11. Ten irritating listening habits (January
2002)
C. The Want
of Caring Building the inclination to care...
1. The want of caring essay - Marty Kirschen (January
2001)
2. Listening - Buber, Rogers, Mahieu, Krishnamurti, The Bible, etc.
(update 12/01)
3. The works of the Invitational Education website
4. Regarding motivation from William Purkey (new
March 2001)
5. The Force if caring - Marty Kirschen (new - July 2001)
2) Caring in Context
D.Commonality...
Similarities in examples...
1. The commonality of caring ... a start
E.
Caring and Character...The relation of caring to ethics
1. Learning and living a life of caring involves all other values
2. Caring is the heart of ethics
3. Caring in context, caring out of context
4. an afterthought
F.
Caring Dictionary...The abc's of caring...
1. Introduction
2. "A"
3. "B"
4. "C"
3) Caring in Class
G.
Caring Ways...Teachers being caring...
1. Introduction
2. Table of contents of "caring ways" Items
3. Main contents
4. Teacher's as role models - hurtful language & behavior (12/2004)
5. School Staff as a learning and moral community (1/2005)
6. Breaking bad discipline habits (1/2005)
7. What is Positive Behavior Support and why is it important (2/2005)
H.
Caring Lessons ...Teaching lessons
1. Cleaning up a trashy spot - from Harriet Heath (new
March 2001)
2. Have you tried classroom meetings? - from Mark Broder
3. Morning meetings, planting flowers of piece (reisssue
March 2001)
4. Heartmath ... is about the heart and learning (new
March 2001)
5. Ripple effects ... helping teens build social skills
(new March 2001)
6. Regarding sports and sportspersonship
(new March 2001)
7. Boys and Girls getting along - Brown (reissue
January 2000)
8. Older children helping younger children - Hartjen (from Jan 2000)
9.
Using humor and comedy to help teaching - Dana Snow
(Jan 2002)
I.
Caring and the Arts ...To start... an article, a poem and a song
1. Using puppets to reach and teach children - Penelope Torribio
2. "May the Children in my Care" - poem by Genie Graveline
3. "Let's all be kind in class" - song lyrics by Marty
Kirschen
4. Four resources using poetry to teach caring (new
December 2000)
5. "Slow Dance" -
poem (April 2000)
6. Creating a place for objects, ritual and reflection (April
2000)
7. The source photo of an apple for our home page (December 2004)
4) Caring Beyond the Classroom
J.
Caring Parents...The home connection
1. 10 Back to School Tips by Lucy Jo Palladino, Phd.
2. Communicating with parents & care providers
by teacher (Sept 1999)
K.
Caring in the community...
The community connection ... our first example ...
1. Caring practices a nurse can share with teachers (January
2002)
2. What is Service Learning?
L.
Other School People...
Outside the classroom are very important people
1. Introducing Pat Krushen, she sees the fuller picture at school
2. Regarding custodians
3. Please share about a caring bus driver, aide, etc.
4. Developing schoolwide "caring" discipline -
Chip Wood (December 2000)
5. Inviting approaches of telephone
reception at school (new Jan, 2002)
5) Links
M.
Web Links ... Web Sites and E-mails
1. Web Links
2. Individuals reaching groups of individuals (updated
March 2001)
3. Some Featured Sites
N. Other Links...
Books, articles and more... Please share with us.
1. Writings containing aspects of caring (January
2001)
2. Books that help at time of tragedy (October 2001)
O. Calendar...
Conferences, talks, webevents of interest to a caring teacher
1. Talks, workshops and conferences to be aware of (2/2005)
2. Highlighting a Passage Ways workshop founded by Rachael Kessler (2/2005)
6) Outreach
P.
Newsletter...
1. Current Issue #11
2. Index of prior issues (issues numbers 1-10)
3. Contacting us to Subscribe, unsubscribe or change address
4. Contacting the editors (Letters, comments, request issues, etc...)
Q.
Self Help Approaches ...
1. Quaker clearness committee approach August 1999
2. Caring that goes around comes around September 1999
3. Finding and getting on 'their good side' October 1999
4. Recovery, Inc. helps us deal with anxiety January 2000
5. Pacing the day with rigor, rhythm and relxation April 2000
6. Positive Psychology, talking to yourself positively May
2000
7. About Re-evaluation counselling (January 2002)
R.
Caring campaign(s)...Calls to action...
1. Dare to care by Marty Kirschen
2. Call to action by Kurt Krueger
3. Fostering Courage, Strength, and Compassion in
Adolescent Girls: The First Step By Susan Fitzell
4. Regarding the value of standardized testing.
5. Promoting peace - Jacqueline Haessly (new March
2001)
6. Concrete approaches to respond to attacks (new
September 2001)
7) Further Expression
S.
From children...
1. What I've Learned So Far from Chicken Soup for the Kid's
Soul
2. How do students define a caring teacher?
3. Why do kids love School? from Carl Rogers & Jerome Freiberg
(December 2000)
T.
Deeper Meanings...
1. Talking to children about violence - a guide
2. Writing memoirs - lessons for elementary school children
3. The Soul of Education - Rachael Kessler's book reviewed by John
Terry
4. Holistic Influences of Ron Miller (December
2000)
5. Holistic Influences of Jack Miller (new March
2001)
6. Nourishing students in school - Rachael Kessler
(Sept 1999)
7. Loving Kindness meditation- Levine (from April 2000)
8. Caring for myself - Mayeroff (from April 2000)
9. An Idyllic Afternoon- McLaren (from
April 2000)
10.
On Nature - Moore (from April 2000)
11.
The positive emotion of elevation - Haidt (from May 2000)
12. Knowing Self:Discovery, Enhancement & Fulfillment-Lark (New
Aug 2001)
13. Speaking to children after
a disaster (Sep 2001)
14. Resources regarding tragic
events from CASEL (Sep 2001)
15. Helping children understand terrorist attacks, U.S. Dept Educ
(Sep 01)
16.
Symptoms of Inner peace
(January 2002)
17. The Teaching Presence -
Rachael Kessler (May 2002)
U.
Sadness and anger...
1. Helping children deal with bullies - the works of Kathy
Noll
2. Regarding Bully theme page - Education World (new
March 2001)
3. Teasing and bullying from Education Equity Concepts
4. Depression and children - noticing and helping (new
March 2001)
5. Classroom meetings and bullies - works of Glasser
(March 2001)
8) Information Section
V.
Mission and policies...
What are we hoping to do and how we aim to do it...
W.
About Us...
Our editors Marty Kirschen and Diane Lightbody
and our web carer Walter Smith
X.
Writing to us... Expressions from you hearts ...
1. We welcome your letters
2. Letters that have come to us (new March 2001)
3. Letters that have come to us (new September 2001)
4. Announcements from Jonathan Cohen and Susan Fitzell (March 2002)
5. Announcements from Riane Eisler, Kathy Noll and Ron Brill
(May 2002)
6. A work opportunity in Social and Emotional Learning (January, 2005)
Y.
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Marty Kirschen, Editor marty@caringeducation.net
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Kind regards,
Marty Kirschen, editor
http://www.caringeducation.net
Our current subscriber mailing list is 825. Our newsletter began
in
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