Lifetime educator, Dr. Mindy Shaw, maintained a philosophy in her classroom of 4 to 8 year olds to "teach humanity daily" in addition to the more traditional skill sets of reading, writing and math. Now, in an era of remote and hybrid learning, the notion of teaching humanity is somewhat threatened. She has created a series of e-books and paperbacks so that parents can have the tools they need for also teaching social and emotional skills, and in this series, Dr. Shaw discusses what it means to teach humanity both in general and in an era of learning via computer.
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Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
In this episode Dr. Shaw addresses the need for empowerment and the ways in which we sometimes give up our power. She poses the question of when we learn to give up or power and how do we stop doing it? The way to reclaim power is to not blame anyone else. As we teach our children to be empowered (while still at the same time keeping them on the track that we want) it is important to give them responsibility. If we adults model being empowered for our children, it teaches them to understand how to hold on to their power. Dr. Shaw gives a great illustrative classroom example of not giving her power away to a student who was being a bully, and then wraps by reminding the listener that her social-emotional children's book series address these kinds of issues directly... those books can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/DrMindyBooks
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