Balancing High Expectations with Compassion | 2024-2025 Inclusive Pedegogy Lecture Series

Authors

Sarah Cavanagh, Simmons UniversityFollow
Laura Taylor, College of Saint Benedict andSaint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

10-16-2024

Sponsoring Department(s)

Center for Teaching & Learning

Abstract

In this session, Dr. Cavanagh shares strategies from her latest book, Mind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge, focusing on how to create classrooms that balance high expectations with compassion. She explores ways to motivate students to set challenging goals while being responsive to their individual needs.

Sarah Rose Cavanagh is a psychologist, professor, and Senior Associate Director for Teaching and Learning at Simmons University, where she teaches classes on affective science and mental health, researches the intersections of emotion, motivation, and learning, and provides educational development for faculty. Sarah gives keynote addresses and workshops at a variety of colleges and national and international conferences, blogs for Psychology Today, and writes essays for venues like LitHub and The Chronicle of Higher Education. In her free time she enjoys devouring fiction, spending time by the sea with her canine and human daughters, and cooking up pescatarian meals for good friends.

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Recommended Citation

Cavanagh, Sarah and Taylor, Laura, "Balancing High Expectations with Compassion | 2024-2025 Inclusive Pedegogy Lecture Series" (2024). Center for Teaching and Learning Lectures. 5.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/les_lectures/5