1st Edition

Educaring from the Heart: How to Nurture Your Wellbeing and Re-discover Your Purpose in Education

By Deirdre McGillicuddy Copyright 2024
148 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark

148 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark

148 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark

Inviting readers on a journey of self-reflection, Educaring from the Heart offers an approach to education which places care, empathy, and compassion at the core of the educator’s role. Within the book, the reader is introduced to the principles underpinning educaring from the heart and encouraged to consider their own positionality when reflecting on the role they play in supporting both the... Read more

1. Educaring – To the heart of the matter;  The “I” as Educator;  2. The Educator Backpack;  3. Our Values;  4. Our Why;  5. Our Wellbeing;  The “Us” as Educator and Student;  6. Nurturing the Individual;  7. Compassionate Education;  8. The Power of the Relational;  9. Empowering Voice(s);  The “We” as Co-Creators for Wellbeing; 10. Co-Creating Heart-full Education;  11. Creativity for Wellbeing;  12. A Framework for Educaring from the Heart

Biography

Deirdre McGillicuddy is an Assistant Professor in Education at UCD School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland. She is a Froebel-trained primary school teacher and has 25 years’ experience working in education and contributing to programmes preparing educators to work in early years settings, primary and secondary schools. Deirdre employs wellbeing practices at the heart of her own teaching/pedagogy for which she was awarded a UCD Teaching and Learning award (2020) and was a finalist in the ACEEU Triple E European Awards as Fast Forward Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year (2022).