Learning Challenge: Empathy

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This week, I found out a lot more about what teachers can do to empathize with students. It has become a growing trend in our society that teachers remain distant from their pupils for various reasons. This has led to a loss of connections between the teachers and their students. I believe that doing things like the 'I wish my teacher knew..." will help the teacher connect more with these kids, and be able to teach them in a manner more suited to them.

If there isn't a close connection between students and teachers, it is harder to create a positive learning environment. It also tends to lead to a lack of compassion on both ends. If the students and teachers have a closer bond, then they are more able to help one another in rough times. For example, the teacher could be having a really rough day, and the normally rowdy students would be exceptionally well behaved, just to make things a little easier.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 24, 2018 at 3:08 PM

    Geoff, interesting take on this loss of connection between teachers and students, and I wonder, is there also a failure of connection on the part of the students as well. We obviously have examples in our college career of teachers remaining distant, trying to ensure, "professionalism", but i think that there are times that we as students have also been to scared to approach teachers and attempt to build that student teacher relationship. Just a thought I had reading this and wondering what is the other side of the issue the article presented.

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