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Author Rosenberg, Marshall B.

Title Life-Enriching Education : Nonviolent Communication Helps Schools Improve Performance, Reduce Conflict, and Enhance Relationships.

Publication Info. Chicago : PuddleDancer Press, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages)
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Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Riane Eisler; Author's Foreword; CHAPTER 1: TOWARD LIFE-ENRICHING EDUCATION; Introduction; Life-Enriching Organizations; Life-Enriching Education; Changing the System; NVC in Education--Sharing the Field; CHAPTER 2: EXPRESSING LIFE-ENRICHING MESSAGES; Preparing Students; The Effects of Moralistic Judgments on Learning; Performance Evaluation Using Value Judgments; Components of Nonviolent Communication; Making Clear Observations Without Mixing in Evaluations; Exercise 1--Observation or Evaluation?; Identifying and Expressing Feelings.
Exercise 2--Expressing FeelingsThe Risks of Not Expressing Our Feelings; Exercise 3--Acknowledging Needs; Requesting That Which Would Make Life More Wonderful; The Difference Between Requests and Demands; Exercise 4--Expressing Requests; The Process Is the Objective; People Can Hear Demands No Matter What We Say; NVC in Education--Fun For Everyone; CHAPTER 3: HEARING MESSAGES WITH EMPATHY; Empathy; Verbally Reflecting What We Hear; Listening for Requests; Connecting Empathically; Empathically Connecting With Others When They Don't Know How to Express Themselves or Choose Not To.
Exercise 5--Differentiating Between Receiving Empathically And Non-EmpathicallyCHAPTER 4: CREATING PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS; Partnership in Setting Objectives and Evaluation; Objectives With Life-Enriching Purposes; Students Have Always Had a Choice; Teachers' Fears of Student Involvement in Objective Setting; Examples of Mutual Objective Setting; Hearing the Need Behind the "No."; Exercise 6--Hearing the Need Behind "No"; The Most Important Part of Learning; Students' Fears of Student Involvement in Objective Setting; Partnership in Evaluation.
Accountability, "Yes," Grades, "No"NVC in Education--The Test; CHAPTER 5: CREATING AN INTERDEPENDENT LEARNING COMMUNITY; Secular Ethics; Developing an Interdependent Learning Community; The Teacher as Travel Agent; Materials That Allow Students to Learn by Themselves; Utilization of Students and Parents in Providing Materials; Volunteer Tutoring Services; The Geographical Community as Learning Resource; The Travel Agent in Action; CHAPTER 6: TRANSFORMING SCHOOLS; The Problems at Hand; Domination Organizations; Conflict Resolution; Mediation; NVC in Education--"You're Dead."
Avoiding Moralistic Judgments and DiagnosesThe Protective Use of Force; Exercise 7--Protective Use of Force vs. Punitive Use of Force; Creating Sustaining Teams; Transforming Our Schools; Bibliography; Index; Note Pages; How You Can Use the NVC Process; Some Basic Feelings and Needs We All Have; About PuddleDancer Press; About CNVC and NVC; Trade Publications Available from PuddleDancer; Trade Booklets Available from PuddleDancer Press; NVC Materials Available from CNVC; About the Author.
Summary Addressing the need for a dynamic change in the formula schools use to mold their students, this groundbreaking guide provides a new approach to education that serves the lives of everyone in the learning community. By implementing the unique communication skills outlined, educators can promote cooperation and understanding and address many of the complex problems faced in the classroom. Teachers will learn new skills to increase student interest, achievement, and retention, as well as create a safe and supportive learning and working atmosphere. They are also given strategies for cultivating.
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Subject Learning.
Learning.
Conflict management.
Conflict management.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Eisler, Riane.
Other Form: Print version: Rosenberg, Marshall B. Life-Enriching Education : Nonviolent Communication Helps Schools Improve Performance, Reduce Conflict, and Enhance Relationships. Chicago : PuddleDancer Press, ©2003 9781892005052
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