Binding: Paperback
Description: We live in enormously polarised times. From politics to race religion gender and class division runs rampant. In 2020, 40 percent of each political party said that supporters of the opposing party were downright evil. In 2019, hate crimes reached a ten - year high in the United States. One in five Americans suffers from chronic loneliness with teenagers and young adults at increasing risk. Social ties at work at school and in our communities have frayed. How did we become so alienated? Why is our sense of belonging so undermined? What if there were a set of science - backed techniques for navigating modern social life that could help us overcome our differences create empathy and forge lasting connections even across divides? What if there were a useful set of takeaways for managers and educators of all stripes to create connection even during challenging times? In Belonging Stanford University professor Geoffrey L. Cohen applies his and others groundbreaking research to the myriad problems of communal existence and offers concrete solutions for improving daily life at work in school in our homes and in our communities. We all feel a deep need to belong but most of us don t fully appreciate that need in others. Often inadvertently we behave in ways that threaten others sense of belonging. Yet small acts that establish connection brief activities such as reflecting on our core values and a suite of practices that Cohen defines as situation - crafting have been shown to lessen political polarisation improve motivation and performance in school and work combat racism in our communities enhance health and well - being and unleash the potential in ourselves and in our relationships. Belonging is essential for managers educators parents administrators caregivers and everyone who wants those around them to thrive.
Title: Belonging The Science Of Creating Connection And Bridging Divides
Author(s): Cohen Geoffrey L. (Stanford University)
Publisher: Ww Norton & Co
Barcode: 9781324065944
Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Date: 8/8/2023
Category: Philosophy & Theory Of Education