Editor's Note: Mindful Listening...Active Listening...Learning to Listen...this week's issue focuses on the many ways listening can enrich and enhance the way we learn and the way we teach. --Daniela

Research suggests that children become more focused and responsive to their environment by participating in mindful listening activities. This MindUp curriculum is a wonderful resource on mindful listening for grades Pre-K-2.

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Learn more about active listening: it is a simple, disarmingly effective pedagogical tool that signals respect, underscoring the value of student contributions and the importance of the classroom conversation you are guiding.

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Learning to listen: how one professor’s research is helping to enrich the way students see — and hear — UVA and the world around them.

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Be The Change Idea

This week, practice mindful and active listening in conversations and while out in nature. Hold space for others and yourself.