1st Edition
Countering with Compassion A Guide to Compassionate Leadership in and Beyond School Communities
Edited By Alexandra Sewell
Copyright 2026
190 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
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190 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Speechmark
190 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Speechmark
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Countering with Compassion provides educators with the tools needed to weave compassionate practice into their classrooms, schools, and wider communities. Bringing together diverse contributions, the book explores how the development of compassion across policy and practice offers a transformative pathway for both children and school staff.
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List of Contributors
Part One: Framing and Foundations of Compassionate Leadership
- Introduction: Re-encountering Compassion as Tradition, Praxis, and Resistance, Alexandra Sewell, Kirsty Evans, Kathryn Lynch
- Enhancing Reflective Practice through Compassionate Leadership in Senior Leaders, Jo Taylor
- Building Compassionate School Cultures through Compassion Focused Therapy and Mind Training, Charlie Heriot-Maitland and Jo Taylor
Part Two: Compassion as a Global, Multi-Cultural Professional Endeavour
- Critical Compassion in Teacher Preparation: Pedagogical Conocimientos in Action, Jesus Jaime-Diaz, Josie Méndez-Negrete, Mary Carol Combs
- Leading with Compassion or Control? Coaching Lessons from a Confucian Perspective, Hongguo Wei, Shaobing Li, Amer Mohammad
- Compassionate Leadership through Self-Cognition: Insights from Moral Education in Kazakhstan, Aigerim Mynbayeva, Anzhelika Karabutova, Gainiya Tazhina
Part Three: Contextualising Compassionate Leadership in Practice
- Nurturing Compassion in the Early Years: Foundations for Professional Practice, Angela Hodgkins
- Rethinking Relational Leadership: Compassion With and Beyond the Human, Kay Sidebottom
- Leading with Heart in Times of Crisis: Cultivating Teacher Resilience, Well-being, and Performance, Richard Marcel
Index
Biography
Alexandra Sewell (she/her) is a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered educational psychologist and senior lecturer in special educational needs, disability, and inclusion at the University of Worcester. Her research has been published in numerous international journals and explores the concepts of voice and inclusion in education.
