Roots of Empathy

Changing the World Child by Child

Mary Gordon

• Publisher: The Experiment
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN:
  9781615191543
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

The acclaimed program for fostering empathy and emotional literacy in children—with the goal of creating a more civil society, one child at a time

Roots of Empathy—an evidence-based program developed in 1996 by longtime educator and social entrepreneur Mary Gordon—has already reached more than a million children in 14 countries, including Canada, the US, Japan, Australia, and the UK. Now, as The New York Times reports that "empathy lessons are spreading everywhere amid concerns over the pressure on students from high-stakes tests and a race to college that starts in kindergarten," Mary Gordon explains the value of and how best to nurture empathy and social and emotional literacy in all children—and thereby reduce aggression, antisocial behavior, and bullying.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD
• Preface
• Section One: Roots of Empathy
• Section Two: The Six Strands of Connection
• Section Three: Roots of Empathy and Society
• Appendix A: The Story of Parenting and Family Literacy Centers
• Appendix B: Roots of Empathy: The Research
• Notes
• References
• Additional Illustrations