Empathy
Empathy (comes from Greek) involves understanding relationships, psychological states of other people in the form of compassion.
C. Rogers argues that empathy is not a state, but a process, special relationships which include several aspects: entry into the inner world of feelings of another person; sensitivity to changing processes that happen in this world, living “the life of another person” – politely, in a non-judgmental way, not trying to open more than this person is ready to show, but helping him or her make the experience more complete. Empathic pedagogical action, by I. Zyazyun’s definition, is a special teacher activity, which is manifested as an emotional contact with the student and a structure that contains all empathic components. “Psychological infection” occurs during an empathic pedagogical action when the teacher transfers his or her emotional state to learners.
Zyazyun, I.A. (2008). Filosofiya pedahohichnoyi diyi [Philosophy of pedagogical action]. Cherkasy, Ukraine: Vydavnychyi viddil CHNU im. Bohdana Khmelnytskoho.
Zyazyun, I.A., Kramushchenko, L.V., & Kryvonos, I.F. (2008). Pedahohichna maysternist [Pedagogical competence]. Kyiv, Ukraine: SPD Bohdanova.
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