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Authors

Radhi Al-Mabuk

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

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

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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