Teaching Empathy: A Blueprint for Caring, Compassion, And Community

by David A. Levine

Teaching Empathy gives educators the tools to teach the pro-social skill of empathy to help create a culture of caring in their schools. Teaching Empathy has four sections. •Section 1, Teaching When Teachers Make Connections—helps educators learn to connect with their students; model pro-social skills; and build trusting relationships through storytelling, symbolic teaching, and other strategies. •Section 2, Learning Facilitating Social Discovery—focuses on how to teach students empathy and the behaviors that accompany it, such as listening, compassion, honor, and generosity. Strategies include social skills learning, cross-training and rituals, and the fishbowl. •Section 3, Living The School of Belonging—asks educators to concentrate on building a school culture of empathy through the 10 intentions of the School of Belonging. •Section 4, Courageous Conversations—a mini-curriculum that combines lessons on dilemmas, the power of choice, and other empathic skills with 8 thought-provoking songs (on CD) by the author.

Genres: Parenting, Psychology

218 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Shauna Tharp · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really appreciated this book on many levels. It is set up clearly and methodically. It looks at teaching empathy and creating positive school culture as a multi-faceted issue, which it clearly is. It was reflective and well researched. It provides information on what this would actually look like, why it is important, but also concrete ways of getting there. Highly recommend - especially for schools just starting or stuck in this process.

[Kortney Peagram · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for educators. It helped me better understand how to connect with students to decrease aggression and bullying. Empathy is important for us to better understand and teach our kids.