1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911023985803321

Autore

Willis Larkin

Titolo

District Leadership for Racial Equity : Lessons from School Systems That Are Closing the Gap

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2025

Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

1-04-036631-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages)

Classificazione

EDU020000EDU032000EDU034000

Altri autori (Persone)

Carver-ThomasDesiree

Darling-HammondLinda

Disciplina

379.26

Soggetti

Nonfiction

Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book shows how transformative changes can occur across diverse districts when leaders take action in support of racial equity. It is an essential resource for emerging leaders, leader practitioners, and policymakers who are committed to improving outcomes for all students, especially the marginalized and underserved.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019230603321

Autore

Chaskalson Michael

Titolo

The mindful workplace : developing resilient individuals and resonant organizations with MBSR / / Michael Chaskalson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

1-119-97697-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 209 p. : ill

Disciplina

615.8/52

Soggetti

Meditation - Therapeutic use

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

Stress management

Job stress - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- The Mindful Workplace: Developing Resilient Individuals and Resonant Organizations with MBSR -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The Business Case for Mindfulness Training -- 1: What Is Mindfulness? -- 2: What Is Mindfulness Practice? -- 3: Positive and Negative Stress: Up and Down the Yerkes-Dodson Curve -- 4: Approach and Avoidance: Learning New Ways to Be with What Is -- 5: Metacognition: Knowing Your Thoughts as Thoughts -- 6: Respond: Learning Not to React -- 7: Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence: Positive Relationships at Work -- 8: Mindfulness for Leaders -- 9: Mindfulness in Coaching -- 10: Living Mindfully -- 11: Putting on an Eight-Week Mindfulness Course in a Workplace Setting -- Appendix 1: Good Practice Guidance for Teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses -- Appendix 2: Review of Significant Mindfulness Research -- Appendix 3: Further Reading -- Appendix 4: Further Training and Other Resources -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a practical and theoretical guide to the benefits of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in the workplace, describing the latest neuroscience research into the effects of mindfulness training and detailing an eight-week mindfulness training course.  Provides techniques which allow people in organizations to



listen more attentively, communicate more clearly, manage stress and foster strong relationships Includes a complete eight-week mindfulness training course, specifically customized for workplace settings, along with further reading and training resources Written by a mindfulness expert and leading corporate trainer