From the Publisher
“Compassion and Education is a timely, insightful and highly relevant book which makes a welcome addition to the literature on character education. The detailed and engaging examination it provides reminds us that compassion is an essential virtue for personal and social life – one which requires careful and thoughtful cultivation in schools. [It] should be read widely by educators, not least because it reinforces the crucial notion that schools are sites for moral development, concerned with much more than success in examinations and preparation for the workforce.” (Professor James Arthur, Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK)
“As an American academic, I have my personal list of favorite British scholars. Now that I have read Professor Peterson’s new book on compassion and education, I will add his name to my list. Here is my recommendation: Pick up this book, read it, discuss it, and share it. If all of us enacted the ideas in this book, we would see positive differences in our schools and societies. Compassion transcends national boundaries and, as it turns out, The Pond!” (Cynthia Brock, Wyoming Excellence in Education Literacy Endowed Chair, University of Wyoming, USA)
