Empathy, Emotion and Education

• Main Author: Demetriou, Helen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Child development.; Emotions.; Educational psychology.; Education-Psychology.; Schools.; Early Childhood Education.; Emotion.; Educational Psychology.; Schools and Schooling.

This book explores the construct of empathy and its connection with education. Charting literature on the origins and evolution of the concept of empathy, the author examines the multifaceted nature of empathy and the external and internal influences behind this concept. The relationship between emp...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Empathy: The Building Block of Social Life
• Chapter 2. The Empathy Factor: Its Transcending Power
• Chapter 3. Emerging Empathy: A Developmental Perspective
• Chapter 4. A Study of Empathy in the Early and Middle Childhood Years
• Chapter 5. Nature versus Nurture: The Biology and Psychology of Empathy
• Chapter 6. Attachment and Empathy from the Home to the Classroom: Listening to Learners
• Chapter 7. A Tale of Two Studies: Features of Friendships and Awareness of Fairness
• Chapter 8. The New Teacher: Pupil Voice, Empathy and Emotion
• Chapter 9. Empathy and Emotion in Education and Beyond.