Compassion and Empathy in Educational Contexts

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barton, Georgina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Garvis, Susanne (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Education-Philosophy.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Educational psychology.; Education-Psychology.; Emotions.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.; Educational Psychology.; Emotion.

This book explores the importance of compassion and empathy within educational contexts. While compassion and empathy are widely recognised as key to living a happy and healthy life, there is little written about how these qualities can be taught to children and young people, or how teachers can mod...

Table of Contents:

• SECTION I. Compassion and empathy can be learnt
• Chapter 1. Theorising compassion and empathy in educational contexts: What are compassion and empathy and why are they important?; Georgina Barton
• Chapter 2. Empathy as special form of motor skill that can be trained; Justin H.G. Williams
• Chapter 3. "But it wouldn't be me": Exploring empathy and compassion for self and others through creative processes; Melissa Cain
• SECTION II. The importance of compassion and empathy for children and young people
• Chapter 4. Towards a test driven early childhood education: Alternative practices to testing children; Susanne Garvis, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen and Tina Yngvession
• Chapter 5. Compassion in children's peer cultures; Jaakko Hilppö, Antti Rajala, and Lasse Lipponen
• Chapter 6. Fostering students' psychological well-being amidst the threat of bullying: Emotional intelligence may hold the key; Neha Kulkarni and Sairaj M. Patki
• SECTION III. Compassion and empathy in the curriculum
• Chapter 7. When caring counts: Fostering empathy and compassion through the Arts using animation; Susan Chapman
• Chapter 8. Peace, Conflict and Empathy: Leveraging violent games for global good; Paul Darvasi
• Chapter 9. Exploring how quality children's literature can enhance compassion and empathy in the classroom context; Georgina Barton, Margaret Baguley, Martin Kerby and Abbey Macdonald
• SECTION IV. Compassion and empathy for teachers
• Chapter 10. Understanding teachers' resilience through compassion and empathy in Hong King; Lai Kuen Brenda Lo and Richard G. Bagnall
• Chapter 11. Early Childhood Education: From maternal care to social compassion; Geoff Taggart
• Chapter 12. Understanding Ethics of care; Lisa Uusimaki and Susanne Garvis
• SECTION V. Compassion and empathy in different educational contexts
• Chapter 13. Empathy and the landscape of conflict; Margaret Baguley and Martin Kerby
• Chapter 14. Pedagogies of empathy-building: Canadian and Azorean perspectives on film-viewing in higher education; Amélie Lemieux, Casey Burkholder and Josélia Mafalda.