Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Educational Leadership in Action
Volume
2
Issue
2
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to describe and highlight the role of empathy and sympathy in character education. More specifically, the bridging function of empathy and sympathy to civility and their role in promoting development in the context of forgiveness will be emphasized. The paper is organized in five major parts. The first one consists of an introduction and a brief historical overview of character education followed by a discussion of the aims of character education and the school’s role in nurturing it. In the second part, an argument is made for forgiveness as a means of promoting development and enabling the individual to be an effective moral agent through the use of empathy and sympathy. In the third part, definitions and description of empathy are provided, steps of empathy are elaborated, and cautions in the use of empathy are offered. The fourth part defines and describes sympathy, its steps, and offers precautions in the use of sympathy. The fifth and final part gives a conclusion and offers implications for promoting use of empathy and sympathy as tools to strengthening character by restoring physical and socio-emotional well-being.
Department
Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies
Original Publication Date
9-1-2014
Object Description
1 PDF File
DOI of published version
10.62608/2164-1102.1069
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2014 The Author(s)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Al-Mabuk, Radhi, "The Role of Empathy and Sympathy in Character Education" (2014). Faculty Publications. 6537.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/6537
Comments
First published in Journal of Educational Leadership in Action v2 i2 (2014) by Lindenwood University. DOI: https://doi.org/10.62608/2164-1102.1069