ERIC Number: EJ1465326
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
EISSN: EISSN-2161-8895
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Exploring Personal Values to Promote Critical Thinking, Mindfulness, and Empathy
Caroline N. Simpson
English Journal, v104 n6 p61-67 2015
In a values-based education model, ethical vocabulary is introduced to young children with the expectation that embracing these values will elicit positive dispositions and self-regulation. Such an approach has been reported to improve student and teacher wellbeing, academic diligence, the teaching and learning environment, student-teacher relationships, and partial parental and family participation. In this article, the author shares a classroom Values unit that facilitates exploration of culturally based values, value clashes, and value shifts with experience, age, and circumstance. The unit leads students to make choices upholding what's most important to them and provides tools for successful cross-cultural communication.
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, English Instruction, Values, Values Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Critical Thinking, Metacognition, Empathy, Perspective Taking, Intercultural Communication, Teacher Student Relationship, Parent Student Relationship, Parent School Relationship, Transformative Learning
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Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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