How is compassion defined in SEE Learning? (pp. 14-17)
According to Dr. Thupten Jinpa, compassion is defined as “a sense of concern that arises when we are confronted with another person’s suffering and feel motivated to see that suffering relieved.” In SEE Learning, compassion is always understood as courageous compassion. It describes a stance of concern and consideration toward others that stems from, and results in, greater inner strength.
What is meant by this statement (pg.16): “The process of teaching and learning is fundamentally relational?” How does this show up for you in your work? (pg. 16)
The teacher also personally invests in exploring the SEE Learning program’s concepts and practices so he/she can further cultivate positive relations between him/herself and others. if the teacher would show embodied understanding of its curriculum and what changes of adopting its practice of he/she experience to students, then students will recognize not only the behavior of its teachers but also the nature of its school structures.
What is the SEE Learning 3x3 framework and how do the dimensions, domains, and components relate to each other? (pp. 18-20)
SEE Learning is fundamentally based around three dimensions, which broadly encompass the types of knowledge and competencies it seeks to foster in students: (1) Awareness, (2) Compassion, and (3) Engagement. Furthermore, these three dimensions can be approached in three domains: (1) Personal, (2) Social, and (3) Systems. The three dimensions of SEE Learning—Awareness, Compassion, and Engagement—relate intimately to each other and are therefore depicted as overlapping. Each contains a set of specific competencies that can be taught individually but are best understood within the context of the whole. By accepting compassion as the foundation on which SEE Learning education is built, the stage is set to help students become more mindful of physical and verbal actions, and to abandon actions that are harmful to themselves and others. This leads to the first domain of SEE Learning, the Personal, which is focused on care of the self. The second domain, the Social, expands this focus to encourage students to develop an awareness of others that includes empathy and compassion, as well as the development of effective interpersonal skills for relating to others. Lastly, the Systems domain is oriented toward helping students develop the types of awareness, values, and skills that pertain to broader communities and the world at large so that they can become responsible decision-makers and effective global citizens.