Radical Love: Rethinking care and professional love in the classroom
About this episode
This episode features an interview with Carol Garboden Murray discussing the importance of care and professional love in early childhood education.
In this episode, I’m joined by Carol Garboden Murray, director of the Wimpfheimer Laboratory Nursery School at Vassar College. She is a lifelong lover of the youngest children, ages 0 - 5, and thinks a lot about what it means to teach and care for them. Early childhood education, care, and love are very dear to my heart. I know that teachers of young children have special skills and talents that teachers at all levels should consider and adopt. I hope this interview inspires you to think about and adopt them for yourself! Listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts . We discuss: - Caring for vs. caring about: Why “caring about” social justice or education is easy, but the actual, physical labor of fostering healthy development is where the real work happens. - The neuroscience of caring: How high-level empathy is a blend of neurological functioning and intuitive, creative practice. - Limits of caring: An honest look at what happens when caregiving stops being “beautiful” and starts being exhausting. - Professional Love: Defining a radical framework for love in the classroom that goes beyond “niceness.” External Links Carol’s Website Carol’s book…
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