First Advisor
Jana Meinhold
Date of Award
8-1-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Child and Family Studies and University Honors
Department
Social Work
Subjects
Empathy -- Study and teaching (Preschool), Multicultural education
DOI
10.15760/honors.475
Abstract
Observational data gathered and then analyzed eventually yielded three main themes that illustrate how empathetic behavior is practiced and supported in the classroom. Firstly, successful empathetic behavior in the classroom was largely enacted via a modeling and echoing effect that occurred between teachers and young students that is heavily language-based. Secondly, when young students do self-initiate empathetic behavior, it is often demonstrated through actions of sharing and/or helping, in contrast to language-based empathetic behavior. Finally, the practice of counter-empathetic behaviors such as exclusion are not necessarily completely anti-social, and can potentially serve a pro-social and empathetic purpose in a complex fashion.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21802
Recommended Citation
Rasmussen, Selene, "Empathy in the Multicultural Classroom" (2017). University Honors Theses. Paper 475.
https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.475