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Assess Compassion in Higher Education? Why and How would we do that?
Gilbert, Theo (2016-01-08)Abstract: This article reports the effects (on students' social and learning experiences) of supporting students in the use of explicitly compassionate interactional strategies during their weekly seminar interactions. ... -
Communication Skills and 'UK Health Care English'
Gilbert, Theo; Beck, Siegrid (Taylor & Francis Group, 2007-08-02) -
Compassion on University Degree Programmes at a UK University: The Neuroscience of Effective Group work
Gilbert, Theo; Doolan, Martina; Beka, Dr Sylvia; Spencer, Neil; Crotta, Dr Matteo; Davari, Soheil (2018-06-04)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the neuroscience that underpins the psychology of compassion as a competency. We explain why this cognitive competency is now taught and assessed on modules of different ... -
Embedding and Assessing Compassion in the University Curriculum
Gilbert, Theo (The International Academic Forum, 2016-06-29)Scholarship in clinical psychology (Gilbert, P., Neff; 2003; Kirkpatrick et al, 2007) anthropology (Goetz et al, 2010) and neuroscience (Immordino Yang et al, 2009; Stanford University’s CCARE) agree the definition of ... -
Embedding and Assessing Compassion in the University Curriculum
Gilbert, Theo (2016-06-29)Psychology, anthropology and neuroscience are currently researching compassion - how it can be defined and understood, and how compassion can be applied into world and local social systems for building more co-operative ... -
Enhancing Inclusivity in the Higher Education Discussion Group: : Strategies for Employability, Internationalisation and Assessment in a UK University
Gilbert, Theo (Tata Institute of Social Sciences., 2012-09-01)The concept of compassion and its role in building co-operative societies is being researched across disciplines - anthropology, clinical psychology, group psychotherapy, neuroscience. Education appears to stand aloof from ... -
How UK HE STEM Students Were Motivated to Switch Their Cameras on: A Study of the Development of Compassionate Communications in Task-focused Online Group Meetings
Jayasundara, J. M. P. V. K.; Gilbert, Theo; Kersten, Saskia; Meng, Li (2022-04-30)HE’s pandemic-driven shift to online platforms has increased social and learning disconnection amongst students. In online group work/teamwork, many are reluctant to switch on their cameras to be more present to others. ... -
Improving well-being in Higher Education: Adopting a compassionate approach
Maratos, Frances A.; Gilbert, Paul; Gilbert, Theo (Springer Nature, 2019-07-29) -
Student Choice: Blends of Technology beyond the University to support social interaction and social participation in learning.
Doolan, Martina; Gilbert, Theo (Springer Nature, 2016-12-12)This paper presents an overview of a blended collaborative learning design driven by assessment and feedback. To extend class based activities students were provided with a private group space on the university managed ... -
Using the Psychological Concept of Compassion to Inform Pedagogic Strategies for Higher Education Seminars
Gilbert, Theo (2015-08-26)This study used the university discussion-based seminar with the aim of exploring and improving students’ experiences of face-to-face group work in Higher Education. The purpose was to devise a pedagogic strategy to address ... -
When Looking is Allowed: What Compassionate Group Work Looks Like in a UK University
Gilbert, Theo (Springer Nature, 2017-07-01)Today there is a robust, theoretical basis, contributed by a range of disciplines, for rooting compassion into university curricula - an essential dimension to HE’s remit to serve the public good. Central to this this is ... -
Why should I switch on my camera? Developing the cognitive skills of compassionate communications for online group/teamwork management
Gilbert, Theo; Meng, Li; Kersten, Saskia; Jayasundara, J. M. P. V. K. (2023-08-04)Introduction: Associated with learning and social isolation from each other during the pandemic-driven transition to online platforms in Higher Education (HE), many students were, and remain, reluctant to turn on their ...