This post is part of my Professional Growth Plan documentation on how I’m using Design Thinking in my classroom
One Grade 7 assignment I have done the past few years is a trial set during the Industrial Revolution, where students must answer the question: Should children be allowed to work in factories?
“Empathy plays a fundamental role in our social lives. It allows us to share emotions, experiences, needs, and goals. Not surprisingly, there is much empirical evidence suggesting a strong link between between mirror neurons (or some general forms of n…
That this is the source of our fellow-feeling for the misery of others, that it is by changing places in fancy with the sufferer, that we come either to conceive or to be affected by what he feels, may be demonstrated by many obvious observations, if i…
Empathy facilitates the sharing of needs and experiences between individuals. The ability to empathise is antagonised by disorders such as Asperger’s, anxiety and autism. As this social facilitation mechanism can be moderated by pharmaceuticals such as…
Teach your children empathy — the ability to walk in someone else’s shoes — with these fun age-appropriate games from Dr. Robyn Silverman.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
