Disarming Teachers: Developing Empathy and Social Emotional Learning in Educators and Their Students

Session Submission Type: Panel Presentation

Abstract

The proposed panel consists of four presentations based on a multi-tiered network and university partnership supporting professional development and social emotional learning among preservice and in-service teachers, counselors, and school leaders while engaging university faculty and other educational stakeholders in discussions about the role that teachers and their pedagogy play in addressing prevailing social injustices that are a hallmark of the current socio-political climate. The panel will discuss the mission and goals of the collaboration in relationship to emerging findings around the development of empathy and social emotional learning among educators and students and explore the implications for shaping cultural and social emotional competencies among teachers and students.

Sub Unit

• G - Social Context of Education

Individual Presentations

• Disarming Teachers: Working with Facing History and Ourselves to Develop Empathy and Social Emotional Learning in Educators and Their Students - James Wolfinger, DePaul University; Barbara Rieckhoff, DePaul University; Amira Proweller, DePaul University

• Empathy and Social Emotional Learning: A Case Study in Working with Facing History and Ourselves - Katherine Bruna, Iowa State University

• Educational Leaders and Facing History and Ourselves - James Connell, Ursuline College