Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning: Volume 11 Issue 1 , Open Access

A note from the Editor

Marilee Bresciani Ludvik

Compassion on university degree programmes at a UK university: The neuroscience of effective group work

Theo Gilbert, Martina Doolan, NTF, Sylvia Beka, Neil Spencer, Matteo Crotta, Soheil Davari

The purpose of this paper is to explore the neuroscience that underpins the psychology of compassion as a competency. The authors explain why this cognitive competency is now…

Compassionate education from preschool to graduate school: Bringing a culture of compassion into the classroom

Hooria Jazaieri

The purpose of this paper is to make the case for bringing compassion to students in educational settings, preschool through graduate school (PK-20).

Exploring whether mindfulness can enhance ethnic identity among undergraduate and graduate students

Angeline Villanueva Yang, Marilee Bresciani Ludvik, Caren L. Sax, Sylvia Garcia-Navarrete, Wendy Bracken, J. Luke Wood, Charles Iyoho

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether attention, emotion, and cognitive regulation (CR) may be strategies to advance one’s ethnic identity.

Positing a framework for cultivating spirituality through public university leadership development

Shannon Irene Nolan-Arañez, Marilee Bresciani Ludvik

Similar to religion, spirituality is considered a private affair along with issues of faith, hope, and love (Palmer, 1998). American public education has been reluctant to address…

Restorative practices and the integration of social emotional learning as a path to positive school climates

Kristina Hulvershorn, Shaila Mulholland

An understanding of the effects of zero tolerance policies in schools has resulted in rethinking of approaches to prevent conflict and creating a healthy school climate…