Altruism and Activism, a capstone, service learning course in DePaul University’s Honors program, looks at the biological basis of empathic behavior and the developmental process that then evolves into full fledged caring.
We trace the transition from care to action by examining autobiographies of lifelong leaders of social movements. Reflective exercises focused on the service experience reinforce interdisciplinary inquiries.
Peace and Justice Studies Association
One of the nation’s leading cancer centers is breaking ground with research that aims to prove that physicians can be taught to communicate with more empathy.Teaching EmpathyAt Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where a prognosis can be life-alter…
Teaching kids facts and analytical thinking skills isn’t enough, she said, adding that she hopes to use her new platform to promote service-learning — which involves community service activities, teaching kids to use their education fo…
Research reports that middle-aged women have the highest levels of empathy. I was pleased, maybe a little smug even, to read a recent report on research showing that middle-aged women have the most empathy of all segments of the population, publi…
Sue Gerhardt provides a follow-up to the 60 Minutes “Born Good?” program, looking at the challenges in being empathetic outside of familiar social interaction. What I think is much more astonishing is the way that humans have taken these group l…
