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Ideas, research, and strategies for cultivating empathy through literature
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Talking Heads and Hearts: Intellectual and Emotional Education Make a Potent Pairing...
Creating a new evidence-based language for talking about, learning and teaching, and developing policy for strengthening social and emotional learning . . . 
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October 25, 2012 1:17 PM
Social-emotional learning and evidence-based language shouldn't seem oxymoronic.
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Stories stimulate the brain. Metaphors like “He had leathery hands” rouse the sensory cortex.
A whole new level of what it means to be carried away through reading. Same neurological regions are stimulated by metaphorical language through reading as by real-life encounter.
Holds promise for helping us understand how reading can cultivate empathy. Delete the scoop?
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"Inspiring examples of projects that connects empathy and creativity in hands-on learning"
"Feel, Imagine, Do, Share" -- Kiran's Design for Change process. See TED Talk, too. Delete the scoop?
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Videos and ScoopIts shared in "Imagine Better" Participatory Culture and Literary-Inspired Activism Delete the scoop?
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Thanks to Carol Stanley for recommending this blog for thoughtful reviews of YA lit. Blogging about books is a way to engage in "booking" -- readers, authors, characters, ideans, and books create a complex web (Kevin Kelly) Delete the scoop?
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More projects worthy of support!
The official website for William Kamkwamba's Malawi windmill and other development projects and documentary film.
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Bill Ferriter shares resources he uses to inspire his students to loan money through Kiva.org Delete the scoop?
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The Harry Potter series serves as a "metaphorical framework" to guide the work of the Alliance. Works with NGOs to fight against genocide and global warming and for equal rights for all
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High school English teacher, Erin Grunwell, began with powerful literature written by adolescents (Anne Frank, Zlata, etc.) to encourage her students to write about their own lives, challenges, and hopes for the future.
"The mission of the Freedom Writers Foundation is to change the educational system one classroom at a time by providing educators with transformative tools to engage, enlighten and empower at-risk students to reach their full potential." Delete the scoop?
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Compelling story of student who became more interested in important issues after reading The Kite Runner in graphic novel format.
"A blog dedicated to books that will appeal to boys of all ages. Reviews, competitions and author interviews." Delete the scoop?
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See on Scoop.it – Kindness How empathy is leading the way in creative fields (RT @uxisthepoint: RT @TimothyWhalin: #Empathy in Creativity and #Design Thinking http://t.co/iu01punM #UX Me: Why...
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Krznaric argues for the importance of empathy in creating positive social and environmental change through a "revolution of human relationships." Delete the scoop?
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Affirmation for every teacher of literature.
"Educator Jessica Wise and her cohorts have come up with a compelling Ted-Ed video on how novels throughout history have helped shape real-world events." Delete the scoop?
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Mirrorbox: The Story of How Art Became Science | Video of the Week, Scientific American Blog Network
Video of the Week #52 July 20th, 2012: Delete the scoop?
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Quinn MacDonald writes about the empathy-creativity connection. "Empathy . . . uses right and left sides of brain equally" she writes . . . Delete the scoop?
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Gino's famous Stanford Prison experiment included in curriculum to teach ethical behavior.
"Research shows that, in spite of what they would like to think about themselves, most people do not act ethically when put on the spot." Delete the scoop?
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Insights on the empathy-creativity connection . . . Delete the scoop?
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12-year-old TED spearker Adora Svitak organized TEDxRedmond 2010
Svitak speaks on adult-child, student-teacher relationships. "Learning between students and teachers should be reciprocal."
Thanks to Carolyn Stanley for recommending! Delete the scoop?
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A literary-inspired classroom activist group led by English teacher Erin Grunwell.
"The mission of the Freedom Writers Foundation is to change the educational system one classroom at a time by providing educators with transformative tools to engage, enlighten and empower at-risk students to reach their full potential." Delete the scoop?
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Nerdfighters has loaned over $75,000 through Kiva. Many teachers, including Bill Ferriter of The Tempered Radical blog fame lead his students in making loans to developing world entrpreneus.
"Make a loan to an entrepreneur across the globe for as little as $25. Kiva is the world's first online lending platform connecting online lenders to entrepreneurs across the globe." Delete the scoop?
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"We're Nerdfighters. We fight against suck....we fight for awesome. We fight using our brains, our hearts, our calculators and our trombones."
Organization has contributed over $75,000 via Kiva.org to developing world entrepreneurs Delete the scoop?
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Wright shares inspiring story of her students' work to raise money for Schools for Schools competition.
"These videos from UnPlug'd 2011 support Chapter 1 of the book: Why ____ Matters!" Delete the scoop?
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Project that explores online participatory, popular culture-based communities of young people Delete the scoop?
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Tom Brokaw, "the most trusted man in news," has written The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation with America. In it he discusses "the prosperity of the post-WWII era and challenges America faces in the new millennium." How young people define "a better life" will make all the difference in how they face these challenges. Delete the scoop?
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