Teaching Kids to Care and to be Careful
Rowman & Littlefield Education (Verlag)
978-1-57886-137-8 (ISBN)
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Innovative, practical, easy-to-use, and packed with over 175 meaningful activities and experiences, Teaching Kids to Care and to be Careful revolutionizes, simplifies, and captures the essence of a quality education—the purpose of which is to teach children to become caring human beings and builders of caring communities. Author John Worzbyt involves the home, school, and community in teaching children that caring is central to all life decisions and is the unifying force that brings meaning and purpose to life and living and relevancy to learning. The contents of this book will help children understand that caring is at the core of their existence, their purpose for being, and the source of their attitudes, values, and behaviors that prepares them for a life of service, advocates for social justice, and promoters of social change. With Teaching Kids to Care and to be Careful, kids can manage life's risks more responsibly, and experience life more fully as caring human beings and builders of caring communities. It is a must read for teachers, school counselors (K-8), parents, and community workers who strive to teach children how they can live, learn, and work from a caring perspective.
John C. Worzbyt is professor emeritus from the counseling department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. During his 31 years of department service, he was a chairperson, coordinator of doctoral studies, and coordinator of school counseling certification programs. John has been an educator for 39 years having worked as an elementary school teacher and middle school science teacher, elementary school counselor, and counselor educator. Worzbyt has co-authored four previous counseling textbooks, three monographs, and school counseling articles on a variety of topics. He is in the process of completing a caring children activities book to be used by adult care givers, working in a variety of settings, who strive to foster caring children and builders of caring communities. Three of his publications have received national writing awards from the American School Counselor Association and the former American Personnel and Guidance Association. His third co-authored publication, Beating the Odds, was honored and recognized by the United States Congressional Medal of Honor Society as its 1995 Youth Program of the Year.Worzbyt is a registrant of the National Distinguished Registry for Counseling and Development and has been listed in Who's Who in the World, American Education, Directory of American Scholars, and Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. He is also a former recipient of the Counselor Educator of the Year Award (Pennsylvania School Counselor Association), the Eminent Practitioner Award (Pennsylvania Counseling Association), and the College of Education Faculty Recognition Award for Outstanding Accomplishments as Teacher-Scholar (Indiana University of Pennsylvania). For the past several years, Worzbyt has been a consultant, keynote speaker, and workshop presenter at state, regional, national, and international conferences and has worked with school districts, hospitals, businesses, social service agencies, and mental health associations presenting programs in caring and community building, l
Part 1 Preface Part 2 1. My Life Has Value Chapter 3 Activities Chapter 4 Suggested Activities for the Week Chapter 5 Tips for Caregivers Part 6 2. Seven Centers of Care Chapter 7 Activities Chapter 8 Suggested Activities for the Week Chapter 9 Tips for Caregivers Part 10 3. Helpful Habits—Hurtful Habits Chapter 11 Activities Chapter 12 Suggested Activities for the Week Chapter 13 Tips for Caregivers Part 14 4. Caring and Danger Chapter 15 Activities Chapter 16 Suggested Activities for the Week Chapter 17 Tips for Caregivers Part 18 5. Learning to Be Careful Chapter 19 Activities Chapter 20 Suggested Activities for the Week Chapter 21 Tips for Caregivers Part 22 6. Giving and Receiving Care Chapter 23 Activities Part 24 Index Part 25 About the Author
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.2004 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 220 x 225 mm |
| Gewicht | 327 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-57886-137-3 / 1578861373 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-57886-137-8 / 9781578861378 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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