Tools for Change: An Educator's Resource Site

Author(s): Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D

Publisher: Puddle Dancer Press

Type of Resource: Theory/Non-fiction resource/reference book. Background information on Violence Prevention

Target Grades: Teachers, school administrators and parents

Canadian Resource? No

Resource formally evaluated? No

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Subject Areas: (none supplied)

(where noted: Consistently (C)   Often (O))

Exploring Well-Being Through Relationships

Knowledge

• Personal growth in and through relationships.
• Increase awareness of how actions and choices impact the well being of others.
• Increase awareness of how actions/choices of others impact personal well-being.
• Increase awareness of how actions/choices impact the well-being of others.

Skills

• Explore relationships from personal perspectives and experiences.
• Develop personal self-awareness and understanding of well-being.
• Develop and practice mutual empathy.

Exploring Social Relations of Violence, Oppression and Equality

Knowledge

• Develop understandings of the difference between power over and power with.

Skills

• Engage in gaining a sense of social responsibility for addressing social oppressions/exclusions and for participating in achieving positive social change.

Developing Connections, Creative Thinking and Participation

Knowledge

• Strategies for personal and /or social change are offered to students for the promotion of healthy and equal relationships.
• Engagement in learning conflict resolution/anti-violence strategies.
• Gain in knowledge about choices and actions that promote mutual empowerment and respect.

Skills

• Opportunity for the development of supportive connections between students and teachers/adults.

This resource is an excellent source for teachers who want to organize their classroom in a way that actively encourages empathetic partnerships (vs. competition) using the principles of non-violent communication. This resource helps teachers develop a personal awareness of non-violent communication and classroom management though empathetic partnerships versus competition. It also explores how personal actions impact the well-being of others. This resource focuses on the principles of mutual empathy and how it can be used in the classrooms.

Strategies are provided for teachers on how to resolve conflicts and mediate/facilitate resolutions amongst students within the classroom. This resource provides teachers with personal strategies to change one’s approach to classroom management, and in turn the classroom atmosphere, in order to promote a supportive, respectful, and compassionate working/learning space for both teachers and students.