Edutopia recently curated several recent resources on empathy.
Lauren Owen has a piece titled, “Empathy in the Classroom: Why Should I Care?”…
That year, empathy became a central component of my classroom instruction. Given that I taught history, empathy naturally lent itself to discussions of varying perspectives about and intentions of history’s key players. The deeper our discussions went, though, the more convinced I became that empathy needed to be a central piece in every school setting.
Ashoka Changemakers® is launching a global competition today titled: Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters. More than $70,000 in cash and in-kind prizes will be awarded to the best ideas, programs, and learning models…
The hormone oxytocin increases empathy and communication, key to sustaining a relationship between mates If cupid had studied neuroscience, he’d know to aim his arrows at the brain rather than the heart. Recent research suggests that for lo…
From the dvd ‘The Interactive Focusing Process’ shot in 1997, with music by Goran Petrovic, and produced by Nada Lou.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
Disorganized attachment is the most extreme form of insecure attachment. This book is a practical guide to caring for children and young people with disorganized attachment and related emotional and psychological difficulties. Synthesising attachm…
