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Description

Introduces empathy and explores mindfulness and meditation as tools to develop empathy for Higher Education practitioners (e.g., administrators, staff, student affairs professionals, and faculty).  Explore the relevance and importance of empathy for professionals working in higher education, explore barriers and obstacles to empathy, practice perspective-taking, identify one's positionality, and be introduced to mindfulness and meditation as a tool to foster and develop empathy. Develop a personal mindfulness practice, read and reflect on empathy and perspective-taking with a community of learners, and make connections between empathy and working in education through discussion boards and small-group conversations.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

By the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:

• define empathy and mindfulness;
• understand the relationship between empathy and mindfulness;
• identify barriers and obstacles to empathy;
• develop strategies to overcome barriers to empathy; and,
• develop or foster a meditation and mindfulness practice.

Text:

1. Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace by Sharon Salzberg
2. Radical Compassion by Tara Brach

Testimonials:

"EXCELLENT JOB IN SHARING INFORMATION IN A CLEAR AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND WAY."

"I FELT LIKE THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS WERE VALUABLE TO MY GROWTH EDUCATIONALLY AND PERSONALLY."

"THIS IS AN EXCELLENT COURSE AND PROVIDED DETAILED INFORMATION AND RESEARCH TO ENHANCE MY UNDERSTANDING OF EMPATHY, SELF-COMPASSION AND MINDFULNESS."

"COURSE IS VERY VALUABLE TO WORKING WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM."