When teachers think empathically, and not punitively, about misbehaving students, they cultivate better relationships and help reduce discipline problems, Stanford research shows.
The findings showed that giving teachers an opportunity to express their empathic values – to understand students’ perspectives and to sustain positive relationships with students when they misbehave – improved student-teacher relationships and discipline outcomes.
Posts about empathy poster written by Christof ZürnInspired by the d.school’s empathy map I designed a poster that can be used in focus group meetings or any other research or interview situation. While asking questions and ob…
Over 1,000 youth and young adults from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Portland and from the East Coast of the United States from Florida to Maine will participate in a “compassion rally and march” across the Casco Bay Bridge in support of acts of …
How to Practice Empathetic ListeningFind a quiet place where you can talk without interruption or distraction. Invite a conversation, following these steps. You don’t need to cover every step, but the more you do cover, the more effective this pr…
The beauty of living a more empathic and compassionate life is that the more it’s practiced, the more we will be filled with kindness and warmth — for ourselves and others. And the more we will realize that suffering is a shared human experience — yo…
