EDU 747 - Teaching Empathy: Changing Humanity (3)

Imagine the world if everyone had the knowledge of empathy and practiced it daily. Empathy, the ability to understand what someone is feeling, is essential not only for a healthy classroom environment, but also for your students’ future success. Some students may struggle with understanding how to read facial expressions, emotion, and social cues; or how to be kind to their peers who have emotional, physical, or behavioral differences. Empathy helps fosters collaboration and problem solving with others. This course will help you develop exercises that can help students interpret and have empathy for others who are different from them. Through a variety of instructional practices, resources, and course assignments, students will be supported in the development of a empathetic classroom; while at the same time making their students aware of the importance of becoming empathetic citizens. Regardless of what grade or subject you teach, this course gives you the tools you need to support all students in developing empathy towards others.