Guest Talk: Including the Bully: Perception, Development & Peace, with Martha Eddy
- 104b Russell
- 10/9/2012, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- http://library.tc.columbia.edu/
Join us as we warmly welcome Dr. Martha Eddy, RSMT, CMA, Ed.D, founder and director of the Center for Kinesthetic Education,
on Tuesday, October 9th, as she shares her exemplary work on infusing
conflict resolution and bullying prevention into the curriculum. Says
Martha Eddy, "If you don't include the bullies (in anti-bullying
programs), they will stand apart, be angry, and feel alienated. They
probably have their own history of trauma, of being bullied. Until we
really help that bully, nothing is going to change at that school. Often
bullies are leaders, but they have to be told they are bad or never do
[things] right. We have to get them into rules about human caring and
set some rules with the group." (Dance Studio Life, November 1st, 2011).
Dr. Eddy's "Performing Peace: Including the Bully"
is just one of the creative tools with which she guides children, or
adults, towards a greater understanding of bullying, and helps them
adopt peaceful behavior through movement games, dance, improvisation,
and choreography. Using a cooperative, developmental approach, she draws
upon dance, theater, creative movement, somatic education, and
reflective thinking to make a difference in how we approach bullies and
bullying. Dr. Eddy's "Embodying Peace" classes are attuned similarly to
helping individuals with conflict resolution, violence prevention, body
awareness and language, stress reduction, and the use of the arts for
social and emotional education.
Martha Eddy earned her doctorate
from Teachers College, Columbia University in movement
sciences and education with Bill Anderson, a masters in arts in applied
physiology with Bernard Gutin, and a BA in dance education from
Hampshire College. She served for ten years as adjunct Assistant
Professor at Teachers College Dance Program. She is also Co-founder and
Director of Somatic Studies at Moving On Center, of Oakland, California
and NY which she has affiliated with the State University of New York
through her relationship on the faculty of the Graduate Center of Empire
State College-SUNY. She teaches Conflict Resolution through Movement
and Dance with the Dance Education Laboratory of the 92nd Street Y in
New York City. She has extensive experience teaching at numerous
American colleges and universities, institutions worldwide, and dance
festivals in Europe and North America. Eddy's Center for Kinesthetic
Education provides Arts Education Services to NYC public schools.
Let's consider our perception of the bully, of bullying, and how we --
as educators, parents, citizens can usher the bully, or the one being
bullied, into a more nurturing learning environment using compassionate,
developmental, and neuro-scientific resources for a better, more
tranquil life.
Dr. Eddy's talk is part of the Bullying Awareness program which is planned for the month of October in collaboration with the Center for Opportunities and Outcomes for People with Disabilities.
Where: 104b Russell
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