{"id":548,"date":"2020-07-22T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/character\/?p=548"},"modified":"2020-07-22T09:07:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T17:07:31","slug":"peace-the-acronym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/character\/blog\/2020\/07\/22\/peace-the-acronym\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching PEACE"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Center\u2019s July newsletter, we described 25 Steps on becoming a culturally response teacher.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Several responses and qu\"\"<\/a>estions helped me develop the content for this blog.\u00a0 <\/span>A few respondents believed that \u201ccivility is on the decline \u201cand one teacher wrote: \u201cWe need a citizens\u2019 peace treaty.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I had my topic for this blog.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are to reach real peace in this world, we shall have to\u00a0<\/span><\/i>begin with the children.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>–<\/i>Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n

P = PERSEVERANCE<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cPerseverance\u201d is the ability an individual or group has to keep going to reach a goal in spite of how hard it is to attain or how many obstacles one faces. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Perseverance builds self-confidence, improves performance, creates trust, helps one work through relationship issues, and opens the door to \u201cresourcefulness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angela Duckworth calls it \u201cgrit.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>To encourage \u201cgrit\u201d among students, she suggests that teachers \u201cMODEL IT!\u00a0 <\/span>CELEBRATE IT!\u00a0 <\/span>ENABLE IT!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGrit predicts accomplishing challenging goals of personal significance.\u00a0 <\/span>In most research studies, grit and measures of talent and IQ are unrelated, suggesting that talent puts no limits on the capacity for passion and <\/i>perseverance.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

(https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance<\/a>)<\/p>\n

E = EMPATHY<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Psychiatrist Alfred Adler defined empathy as \u201cseeing with the eyes of another, hearing with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Chaltain (www.samchaltain.com<\/i><\/a>)<\/i> developed <\/i>\u201cThe Empathy Formula\u201d <\/i>noting three types of empathy:<\/p>\n

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  1. Cognitive empathy\u2014<\/i>the act of knowing how another person feels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Emotional empathy\u2014<\/i>the capacity to physically feel the emotions of another. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Compassionate empathy\u2014<\/i>the combination cognitive and emotional empathy; to take action about what one feels and thinks.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Michele Borba says this about writing her book, <\/b>UNSELFIE: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

    \u201cMy goal was to create a conversation that makes us rethink our view of success as exclusively grades, rank and score and includes traits of humanity!\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s time to include <\/i>empathy<\/i><\/b> in our parenting and teaching if we hope to prepare children to succeed and thrive in our global new world.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

    A = ATTITUDE<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Bruce Tulgan<\/a> is the founder and CEO of RainmakerThinking, a management research and training firm.\u00a0 <\/span>In an article, Teaching Positive Attitude, he offers this advice that is applicable to educators.<\/p>\n

    \u201cResearch shows that if you make an effort to display positive words, tones, and gestures on the outside, it has a positive effect on your internal brain chemistry and it actually makes you feel better on the inside.\u00a0 <\/span>Good attitudes can be a self-fulfilling prophesy: Behave as if you feel positive, and you will eventually begin to genuinely feel positive\u2014and experience positive results.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.td.org\/insights\/teaching-positive-attitude<\/a><\/p>\n

    Here are five reminders about the importance of helping your students learn how to develop positive attitudes [edited]:<\/p>\n

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    1. Positivity makes it easier to ask for help.\u00a0 <\/span>When you see an obstacle in your path, you\u2019re more likely to reach out to a teacher or parent for advice.<\/i><\/i><\/li>\n
    2. Positivity can even improve your health\u2014by lowering your blood pressure and heart rate.<\/i><\/i><\/li>\n
    3. Positivity increases your satisfaction in life and school.\u00a0 <\/span>When you choose to embrace positive thoughts and focus on the things you\u2019re grateful for and successful at, you stop comparing yourself.<\/i><\/i><\/li>\n
    4. Positivity helps you grow.\u00a0 <\/span>Positivity can be useful by prompting students to take risks and try new things in the classroom and at home.<\/i><\/i><\/li>\n
    5. Students who learn from their mistakes can still focus on the positive side of things.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      https:\/\/www.yourtherapysource.com\/blog1\/2019\/02\/26\/the-benefits-of-positive-attitudes-in-students\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      C = COLLABORATION<\/b><\/p>\n

      Collaboration requires commitment.\u00a0 <\/span>Commitment requires courage.<\/p>\n

      Canice Nuckols says there are \u201c2 critical factors\u201d and suggests four ideas with regard to teacher collaboration [edited]:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      The critical factors:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n