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April 11th, 2025 | 5 to 6 PM | Online

Cultivating Compassion and Empathy through Stories in a Multilingual Classroom

Learn strategies and techniques to make your classroom more inclusive.​

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Conducted by Shveta Kapur, â€‹

Master Trainer and Educational Consultant

Meet your facilitator - Shveta Kapur

She is a Master Trainer and Educational Consultant with an experience of 20+ years in different pedagogical approaches across various educational boards in the country. Her professional qualifications include Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, School Leadership and Management. She is M.A. (English), B.Ed and CTET qualified. She loves to experiment and learn through experience. She has been a part of various workshops on ‘Design Thinking in classrooms’, ‘Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Community Resilience Model, IB Category 1. Besides this, She has been a Cambridge English Examiner and loves to innovate with teaching pedagogies.

She strongly believes in leading with empathy, nurturing curiosity and celebrating connections with self and society. She advocates disruptive innovation and promotes collaboration amongst different stakeholders in education for the holistic growth of our children. 

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She likes to design, curate content and facilitate workshops for teachers and school leaders on improving teaching and learning process through collaboration, design thinking and developing global perspectives. Some of the important areas include:

  • Integrating SEL competencies for Educators and Students

  • Pedagogical innovations for English language educators

  • involving parents as partners in learning;

  • trans-disciplinary and interdisciplinary learning in classrooms

  • Global Citizenship in classrooms 

  • Mindfulness practices in daily life and running programs for teenagers

Workshop Details

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the role of storytelling in fostering compassion and empathy in diverse, multilingual classrooms.

  2. Identify strategies to select and use culturally inclusive and relatable stories that resonate with students from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

  3. Demonstrate storytelling techniques that promote active listening, emotional connection, and perspective-taking.

  4. Incorporate reflective activities (e.g., journaling, role-playing, and group discussions) to enhance students' empathy and compassion through storytelling.

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Learning Outcomes:

After participating in this workshop, educators will be able to:

  1. Create an inclusive learning environment by using multilingual and multicultural stories to celebrate diversity and build emotional connections.

  2. Enhance students' emotional literacy by guiding them to recognize and express compassion and empathy through story-based activities.

  3. Design and implement engaging lesson plans that use storytelling to promote empathy, compassion, and intercultural understanding.

  4. Foster meaningful classroom dialogues where students share personal or cultural stories, building a sense of belonging and appreciation for different perspectives.

Terms and conditions:

  • The participants are expected to join the workshops 10 minutes early.

  • Participation will not be granted to late joiners.

  • Participants are requested to bring pens, diary, and any kind of colors and A4 sheets to the workshop.

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