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Practising Compassion in Higher Education: Caring for Self and Others Through Challenging Times
Presenting a collective international story, this book demonstrates the importance of compassion as an act of self-care in the face of change and disruption, providing guidance on how to cope under trying conditions in higher education settings.
Practising Compassion in Higher Education presents an opportunity to learn through story and by taking proactive action for our wellbeing. It highlights the need to protect and maintain the wellbeing of staff and students, positioning the COVID-19 pandemic as a major catalyst of disruption. The chapters connect theory with lived experience, exploring self-compassion in work and research, compassion in teaching practice and within the personal/professional blur. The book’s contributors bring a range of theoretical and personal perspectives from various global contexts, sharing their own approaches to self-care and how compassion has become a central and crucial element of this practice.
This book takes a unique approach to navigating and surviving the higher education environment and offers valuable lessons for the pandemic era and beyond. This will be an essential resource for students and professionals working in all areas of higher education.
Practising Compassion in Higher Education presents an opportunity to learn through story and by taking proactive action for our wellbeing. It highlights the need to protect and maintain the wellbeing of staff and students, positioning the COVID-19 pandemic as a major catalyst of disruption. The chapters connect theory with lived experience, exploring self-compassion in work and research, compassion in teaching practice and within the personal/professional blur. The book’s contributors bring a range of theoretical and personal perspectives from various global contexts, sharing their own approaches to self-care and how compassion has become a central and crucial element of this practice.
This book takes a unique approach to navigating and surviving the higher education environment and offers valuable lessons for the pandemic era and beyond. This will be an essential resource for students and professionals working in all areas of higher education.
180 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 27, 2023
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February 27, 2025
Compassion and kindness go hand in hand, and the world of academia is in desperate need for both. In an ambitious collaboration of 27 academics writing nine chapters, they discuss different ways to show and practice more compassion. A lot the discussion reflects on changes from the COVID19 pandemic, however that was a unique time that let academia re-evaluate and reassess culture and practices.
This book is part of a series called "Wellbeing and Self-care in Higher Education" and would benefit any researcher or professor who wants to foster a better environment for their research and students. The collaborative nature of the project does make it seem without a clear direction. It almost reads like a special edition of a journal with separate articles about a certain topic. However, the benefit of the collaboration is that viewpoints and ideas from all over the world, different academic fields, different universities are all brought together to consider.
While this book isn't a must-have for the topic is certainly is helpful and can provide insights to those seeking to add more kindness into academia. Check out "A Pedagogy of Kindness" by Dr. Catherine J. Denial for our favorite book on kindness in higher education.
This book is part of a series called "Wellbeing and Self-care in Higher Education" and would benefit any researcher or professor who wants to foster a better environment for their research and students. The collaborative nature of the project does make it seem without a clear direction. It almost reads like a special edition of a journal with separate articles about a certain topic. However, the benefit of the collaboration is that viewpoints and ideas from all over the world, different academic fields, different universities are all brought together to consider.
While this book isn't a must-have for the topic is certainly is helpful and can provide insights to those seeking to add more kindness into academia. Check out "A Pedagogy of Kindness" by Dr. Catherine J. Denial for our favorite book on kindness in higher education.
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