Critical empathy as teacher education reform : dissecting the principles that constrain socio-historical and moral vision / edited by Thomas A. Lucey, Illinois State University, Kathleen S. Cooter, Bellarmine University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lucey, Thomas A., editor.

Cooter, Kathleen Spencer, 1950- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affective education.

Empathy.

Social sciences--Study and teaching.

Social sciences.

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

viii, 256 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2024]

Summary:

"This book considers teacher training in social studies and finds it lacking a sense of genuine critical empathy, a sense of shared humanity. Current teacher education generally defines critical thinking as processes examine topics in greater complexity, but does not prepare candidates to study, confront, and challenge existing social structures. Often in response to state mandates, teacher education programs rate and interpret candidate quality based on their conformance with standards and defined outcomes. There is a lack of tolerance for alternative views that might substantially challenge the often-oppressive hierarchical system of authority in our world. This volume written by social studies educators in the U.S., Canada and Australia offers the thinking and practice of teacher education scholars who embrace the idea and practices of empathy in the social studies classroom. Defined as "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another", direct emphasis on empathy represents a vehicle for developing a sense of mutual understanding and questioning of economic and social systems. Developing teacher candidates who comprehend and experience the feelings of diverse education stakeholders provides opportunities for harmonious teaching and learning environments situated in the lives of learners"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section I

Empathy and the social studies

Cultivating empathy in teacher education: Recommendations from theory and research / Jeffrey Eisman and Timothy Patterson

Teacher education and the Québec history and citizenship education program: The praxis of social justice, its constraints, and Its openings / David Lefrançois and Marc-André Éthier

Negotiating truths: Curriculum design for critical empathy in literacy and numeracy teacher education / Carly Sawatzki, Glenn Auld, and Joanne O'Mara

Recapturing the intended spirit of social studies: Interdisciplinary methodology in social studies education / Margaret Wilson Gillikin and Ginger Williams

Section I reflections

Section I I

Empathy and economics

America runs on debt: Locating indebted citizenship in social and financial education / Erin Adams

What is an economic life? Black feminist economics and empathy in a high school economics class / Neil Shanks and Karynecia Conner

Evaluating, deconstructing, and re-making sticky economic

Metaphors: Welcoming the death of trickle-down economics / Delandrea Hall, Cory Wright-Maley, and Shakealia Y. Finley

Pluralist economics, critical empathy, and citizenship: Overcoming the influence of mainstream economics in K-12 economics and financial literacy classrooms / Katie Kieninger and Michael Kopish.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Critical Empathy as Teacher Education Reform.

ISBN:

9798887307299

9798887307305

OCLC:

1451662299

Publisher Number:

90100329068