Gabriella Landler-Pardo, Rinat Arviv Elyashiv, Michal Levi-Keren, Y. Weinberger
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Empathy, being multidimensional in nature, addresses cognitive, social-emotional, and behavioural components of interpersonal interaction. It is considered a core element of global competence. As schools become more diverse, empathy, which expresses the ability to observe social situations from other people’s points of view plays a critical interpersonal and societal role in the educational arena. Using the Delphi technique, this study developed and validated a practical tool for identifying empathic behaviours through a deep discourse analysis of complex emotionally charged interactions, practiced in simulated encounters. The Empathic Patterns in Interpersonal Communication (EPIC) practical tool, presented in this paper, was developed and validated through a structured instrument validation process that enabled the multifaceted and complex phenomenon of empathy to be addressed in a concrete way. The EPIC practical tool offers a new approach to developing awareness to cultural differences and diversity among teachers while refining the communication and the emotional skills which are significant components in teachers’ socio-emotional learning.
期刊介绍:
Intercultural Education is a global forum for the analysis of issues dealing with education in plural societies. It provides educational professionals with the knowledge and information that can assist them in contributing to the critical analysis and the implementation of intercultural education. Topics covered include: terminological issues, education and multicultural society today, intercultural communication, human rights and anti-racist education, pluralism and diversity in a democratic frame work, pluralism in post-communist and in post-colonial countries, migration and indigenous minority issues, refugee issues, language policy issues, curriculum and classroom organisation, and school development.