Teaching Empathy

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Course Summary

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” -Abraham Lincoln

Teaching empathy begins with changing our perspectives. Instead of seeing how different we are from each other, we must begin to see how similar we are to each other. Empathy is a learned skill that once mastered, eliminates discrimination, bigotries and prejudices. Empathy can also be the champion of tolerance, acceptance and compassion. Our diverse classrooms are the perfect locations for our students to learn to be truly empathetic. Our teachers are the perfect role models to influence millions of young learners.

In this course, teachers will gain an understanding of the importance of teaching empathy, exercise their own empathy skills, analyze empathetic strategies, consider appropriate actions in response to scenarios and design their own empathy learning activity. Teachers will be armed with knowledge of how our minds work to empathize, provided with strategies to model empathy in the classroom and given time to reflect on their own practices.

Open your hearts to appreciate how becoming truly empathetic can change the world, one classroom at a time. Enjoy!

Projects To Be Completed

Video Analysis: Empathy is a Verb
The Power of One (You)
Empathy Scenarios
Empathetic Strategies Review and Analysis
Design Your Own Activity

Prerequisites

Basic computer file management knowledge, e.g. opening, saving and uploading files, creating folders, basic word processing skills such as using tables

Materials

Computer
Word Processing Software (MS Word, Word for Apple, etc.)
Internet access
Adobe Reader 11.1.01 or later required to edit and save coursework

Professional Learning Objectives

Teachers will…

Use course text and guided instruction to watch a video, analyze and respond to questions concerning the value of teaching student’s empathy with 100% accuracy.
Use course text and guided instruction to choose, then exercise, empathetic behaviors in a real-life situation with 100% completion.
Use course text and guided instruction to research and evaluate activities that support empathetic behaviors with 100% completion.
Use course text, guided instruction and provided resources to design an empathetic learning activity that can be implemented in the classroom with 100% completion.

Common Core Standards

ELA-LITERACY.WHST
ELA-LITERACY.RI.
ELA-LITERACY.RST
ELA-LITERACY.CCRA
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST