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Empathy & TWP

Elisabeth Johnston

Early Childhood Education & HoME Faculty

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Journey to Empathy

  • Challenges with TWP
  • Pandemic Teaching
  • Spring 2022- ER 2155
  • Conversations with Martha

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Empathy Connections

  • Design Thinking
  • Habits of Mind
  • Course Structure

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Questions to Consider

  • What is empathy?
  • How can we learn about each other's perspectives?
  • How will our individual perspectives inform our work together?
  • Where do you see empathy in the Habits of Mind?
  • How can we use empathy to understand other people's perspectives/experiences about climate change (the wicked problem)? 

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What is empathy?

Our Perspective

Course Activities

    • What is Design Thinking?
    • Jamboard
    • Google Slide Deck
    • Empathy Readings

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How can we learn about each other's perspectives?

Our Perspective

Course Activities

    • Index Cards
    • Go Arounds
    • Connections with Peers
    • Learning Inventory
    • Assignment- Personal Perspective One Pager
    • Assignment- Reflection Journal

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How will our individual perspectives inform our work together?

Course Activities

    • What do you know about the course?
    • Readings about the course
    • Conversations about the course structures
    • The Case Against Grades

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Where do you see empathy in the Habits of Mind?

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Where do you see empathy in the Habits of Mind?

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Where do you see empathy in the Habits of Mind?

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Where do you see empathy in the Habits of Mind?

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How can we use empathy to understand other people's perspectives/�experiences about climate change?�

Our Perspective

    • Climate Change in the American Mind Survey
    • Climate Change Empathy Readings
    • Assignment- Empathy & Climate Change

Course Activities

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Beyond Empathy

Define the Problem

Ideate

Prototype

Test

Share

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Pedagogy, Play, & Practice

Blog Post�Empathy & Tackling a Wicked Problem