Teaching Empathy Institute works to establish emotionally and physically safe learning communities for elementary, middle and high school students and the adults who work with them. Working in the Hudson Valley of New York, TEI creates tailor-made programs designed to foster dialogue about social culture building while strengthening the capacity for the infusion of empathy and compassion into all aspects of the learning experience.
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Conversations on Empathy: A podcast series hosted by journalist Paul Brown and Teaching Empathy Institute Director David Levine.
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In today’s episode, join Paul and David as they explore the connection between empathy, compassion and courage and how these three “intentions” are core relationship skills and teaching practices in our work with children.
Journalist and musician Paul Brown is a former executive producer, reporter, editor and world newscaster with NPR News in Washington. A musician from childhood, he also spent many years documenting and interpreting southern Appalachian string music and singing traditions.
Educator, author and musician David Levine works has worked with both...
Miracle Questions
Reframing gives students a more optimistic and hopeful picture of their world after moderate problems like having a disagreement, doing poorly on a test, or feeling embarrassed in front of their peers.
Ask students to imagine that they are having a bad day or dealing with a difficult situation such as feeling embarrassed or having an argument or disagreement with a friend. Then suggest that the next time this happens, they can “reframe” their experience by answering the following questions;
What is going well right now?
How would you like to feel when you come to school?
Who could you...
The collection of social skills acquired throughout a person’s life can be referred to as the “survival file”
The survival file consists of practical life skills that a person will need throughout life, such as how to work with and get along with others, how to express feelings in a healthy way, how to respond to rejection, and how to choose and make friends. Any cooperative activity, group dialogue or lesson in the vocabulary of feeling will help to fill the survival file.
Create survival files with your students:
Have students write survival file instructions on a colored index card and laminate the...
Teaching Empathy Institute's Director David Levine talks with Michel Martin on her show Tell Me More on National Public Radio. The topic is "Teaching Empathy in School."...
Peter is joined on this episode of What's Next by David Levine, author, educator and Director of Teaching Empathy Institute, to talk about a different way of teaching children....
