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The Compassionate Educator
Understanding Social Issues and the Ethics of Care in Canadian Schools
Edited by Allyson Jule
Subjects
EducationNovember 2019
Print ISBN: 9781773381336
Overview
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
Leadership for Flourishing in Educational Contexts
Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Sabre Cherkowski, Keith D. Walker
Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care
Zuhra Abawi, Ardavan Eizadirad, Rachel Berman
Centering African Proverbs, Indigenous Folktales, and Cultural Stories in Curriculum
George J. Sefa Dei, Mairi McDermott
Comparative and International Education, Second Edition
Kathy Bickmore, Ruth Hayhoe, Caroline Manion, Karen Mundy, Robyn Read
Table of Contents
Introduction
Allyson Jule
Chapter 1: The Compassionate Educator: Uncovering and Addressing Layers of Complex and Urgent Sociocultural Realities
Verna L. McDonald and Ed Harrison
Chapter 2: Teaching in Difficult Times: The Promise of Care Ethics
Kumari Beck and Wanda Cassidy
Chapter 3: Educators’ Journeys of Studying Contemporary Indigenous History and Culture: Along the Road of Compassion to Reconciliation
Joanna Black
Chapter 4: Straight Teacher Allies: Lessons from Compassionate Educators
Leigh Potvin
Chapter 5: Closing the Gaps: A Compassionate View of Mental Health beyond the Medical Model
Christina Luzius-Vanin and Alana Butler
Chapter 6: The Compassionate Language Educator: Understanding Social Issues in Canadian Schools
Francis Bangou, Stephanie Arnott, Carole Fleuret, Douglas Fleming, and Marie-Josée Vignola
Chapter 7: “I Just Want My Teachers to Care about Me”: Compassion through Care with Refugee Students in High School Classrooms
Doug Checkley and Sharon Pelech
Chapter 8: Treating English-Language Learners with Respect: Critical Praxis
Jeff Brown and Brett Reynolds
Chapter 9: Help, I’m Being Yelled at By a Parent! Overcoming Interpersonal Challenges with Compassionate Assertiveness
Dawn McBride and Alyson Worrall
Chapter 10: Compassionate Communication: A Key Aspect of Partnering with Parents of Students with Disabilities
Kyle Robinson and Nancy L. Hutchinson
Chapter 11: Viewing with Compassion: Religious Responsiveness in Canadian Schools
David C. Young and Kendra Gottschall
Chapter 12: The Radicalization of Youth in the West: How Can Canadian Teachers Effectively Approach this Issue in Their Classrooms?
Dilmurat Mahmut, Helal Hossain Dhali, and Ratna Ghosh
Chapter 13: Compassion in High-Poverty Schools: Socially Just Educational Leadership in Action
Pam Bishop
Chapter 14: Racism in Schools and Classrooms: Towards an Anti-Racist Pedagogy of Power and Systemic Privilege
George J. Sefa Dei and Rowena Linton
Author Biographies
Index
