Cultivating Kindness : An Educator's Guide / John-Tyler Binfet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Binfet, John-Tyler, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affective education.

Bullying in schools--Prevention.

Bullying in schools.

Children--Conduct of life.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2022]

Summary:

A practical guide to understanding and fostering kindness, this book aims to transform the thinking and practice of educators as they seek to cultivate kind classrooms.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 The Interplay between Kindness and Social and Emotional Learning

3 Mechanisms Underpinning the Benefits of Kindness

4 Responsive Kindness

5 Intentional Kindness

6 Quiet Kindness

7 Fostering Kindness in Students and in Schools

8 Measuring Kindness: How Kind Is Your School?

9 Conclusion

Appendix A: List of Kindness Publications by the Author

Appendix B: Prisma Flow Chart

Appendix C: Search Process to Identify Bullying versus Kindness Publications across Databases

Appendix D: Social and Emotional Learning Resources

Appendix E: Drawing Template for Early Elementary Students

Appendix F: Drawing Template Teacher Kindness

Appendix G: Kindness Scenarios to Facilitate Discussion

Appendix H: Kindness Planning Sheet

Appendix I: Curated List of Kindness-Themed Books

Appendix J: Resources in Support of Students with Special Needs

Appendix K: Sample Teacher Survey of School Kindness

Appendix L: School Kindness Scale

Appendix M: Curated List of Kindness Resources

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Binfet, John-Tyler Cultivating Kindness

ISBN:

1-4875-3601-1

1-4875-3602-X

OCLC:

1294831310