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Empathy

UNIT OF EMPATHY 

empathy is defined as not only the ability to percibe how another human being can feel but also being capable of undestand him taking his perspective. Developing interactions more empathetics promotes feelings of link between human being. Empathy has cognitive and emotional components and allow as emotional states.

 

ACTIVITY 1: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT EMPATHY?

Introduction

Being empathetic help us in our relationships to understand what the another person can feel, think or experience within his frame of reference.

We want our students be able to recognize another person emotional and psychological states and promote empathy as part of their social skills

Aims of the activity

- Understand what empathy is it.

- Promote empathy as a tool to interact with others effectively

 

Activity

The activity will start asking brifely to the student what they know about empathy (what it is, what characteristics have a person who is empathetic, give examples of situations where they had been empathetic...) then we ask them what is the connection between empathy and helping behaviour. When we have observe what previous knowledge have our students about this area,we solve doubts and establish a definition to empathy and empathetic person.

 

After that, we will watch a short video "Mouse for sale" created by Wouter Bongaerts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3nKCNUBB4 The classroom will be divided in 5 groups for think about the video and then they have to express their opinion about the video and how each character could be reflected in schools.

 

 

Resources

- video, paper, pen

Methodology

- Video

- Groups

- Debate

Timing

60 minutes

 

ACTIVITY 2: GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

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Introduction

Being empathetic help us in our relationships to understand other people behaviours, emotions combined with the ability to imagine what someone else could be thinking or feeling.

Media are a resoure which reflect differents realities lived in differents parts of the World. Reading news we might be capables of sense and approach to others.

 

Aims of the activity

- Know the concept of empathy.
- Know how to use this word and identify it though different articles.
- Being capable to empathize with different people.
- Debate after reading news
 
Activity 
 
We divided the classroom in groups of 5 students. We ask students to look for a report in an online newspaper with their tablets. In this case, we ask them that in the content of the report there were a trouble or a dispute between people, for example, an abuse situation, maltreatment, racism,  etc. any report which origins powerful emotions.
 
In order to understand the activity we deliver to their a report as an example. The chosen of the report is selected by the groups. After that they have to answer
 
What do you feel when you reed this writting?
What do you think that this people feels?
Do you think that you would feel similar emotion? why?
What would happen if we ask to his relatives? what would they feel? what would they think?
 
After that we open a debate
 
 

Methodology

- Individual research

- Groups

- Debate

 
Resources
 
Documents, tablets, paper, pen, report's examples http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/inspire-me/90003310/Young-boy-gives-us-all-a-lesson-in-racial-prejudice
 
Timing
 
60 minutes
 
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