Since the birth of this millennium the concept of compassion has gone
viral. There is an increasing interest world-wide in the place of
compassion within individuals' lives, within society, and within
education. The founding of an increasing number of local and global
organisations and charities--including the CoED Foundation which is
dedicated to bringing compassion into education and learning and which
has a growing reputation in this field--are both a symptom of this
increasing interest and the associated need to provide related material
and activities.
In part inspired by advances in neuroscience and the science of
compassion, more and more books have been published on compassion in a
variety of fields. There is however sadly little work on compassion and
education. This book will help meet that need.