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

by David A. Levine

The Teaching Empathy resource set (book and CD) focuses on teaching the pro-social skill of empathy by naming and practicing it, and by modeling and encouraging it. The four sections of this resource set will help you build a culture of caring in your



1. Teaching With Connect with students, model pro-social skills, and build trusting relationships through storytelling, symbolic teaching and other strategies.



2. Learning Teach students empathy and its companion behaviors of listening, compassion, honor, and generosity through strategies such as Social Skills Learning, cross-training and rituals, and the Fishbowl.



3. Living Buil a school culture of empathy through the 10 intentions of the school of belonging.



4. Courageous Focus on dilemmas, the powers of choice, and other empathic skills in the mini-empathy curriculum that combines 13 lessons with 8 thought-provoking songs including "Howard Gray"

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.

[waynejerseys · Rating 3 out of 5]

read this book to better prepare for an empathy-aimed training session abroad. such beautiful approach towards students from mr. levine!:) happy that he had chosen to share his rich knowledge and experience. definitely inspiring, and a lot of helpful tips on dealing with students and helping them navigate through the world. then again, it may be a me problem, but it felt a bit all over the place with everything. go to page x, see page x for context, remember page x for this.. felt a bit jumbled up to me. too many specifics? maybe some better structure would help. i felt like i'd need to read it twice to fully grasp and memorize some of the concepts introduced. still helpful! i felt like these ideas can be used not only in a classroom setting, but in any teaching setting really. also to note, watched some videos of mr. levine speaking on youtube after finishing this, and definitely preferred just having the guy speak more haha. nice book anyway!

[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.