A Case for Kindness: A New Look at the Teaching Ethic (Academy for Educational Studies) - Softcover

"The right book at the right time. Broidy offers readers a scholarly examination of kindness, both sociologically and educationally. In our current era of increasing tribalism and unkindness – exhibited daily on the evening news, Broidy offers a path forward toward more healthy classrooms and a more deliberative society by mapping a direct link between kindness, immediacy and democracy." (Phil Kelly, Ph.D., Professor Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational Studies, Boise State University)

"All educators are familiar with the power of kindness in the teaching-learning process. So much of our success depends on the quality of the student-teacher relationship. Classrooms and schools like personal relationships have marked boundaries and our ability to transcend those boundaries is greatly enhanced by kindness. This book helps makes the argument of why this is so and why our attention to kindness goes to the heart of moral education. Diverting our attention from this topic lessens what it means to be human and humane." (Paul Wangemann, Ph.D., Associate Professor David O. McKay School of Education, Brigham Young University)

"Steve Broidy’s A Case For Kindness is a convincing call for the development and cultivation of kindness in the classroom. He provides careful contextualization and clear definition of just what kindness is and how it should form a teaching ethic. All sorts of teachers can benefit from reading and considering Broidy’s much-needed and thoughtful book." (Christopher Beckham, Ph.D., Instructor, Foundational and Graduate Studies in Education, Morehead State University)