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Who do I Want to be during Covid-19? the importance of caring, for ourselves and others.

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Who do I Want to be during Covid-19? the importance of caring, for ourselves and others.

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Teaching Students Compassion and Empathy Alongside Literacy

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Teaching Students Compassion and Empathy Alongside Literacy

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An integrative approach to the cultivation of person-centeredness, empathy, and compassion

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An integrative approach to the cultivation of person-centeredness, empathy, and compassion

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When women and men understand that working to eradicate patriarchal domination is a struggle rooted in the longing to make a world where everyone can live fully and freely, then we know our work to be a gesture of love. Let us draw upon that love to heighten our awareness, deepen our compassion, intensify our courage and strengthen our commitment (bell hooks. 2014. Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black. London: Routledge).

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Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fish hooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no, Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken then healed. Mead explained, that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal. A broken femur that has healed is proof that someone has taken time to stay with the person who has fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. ‘Helping someone through difficulty is where civilization starts’ said Mead. We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.” (Byock, Ira. 2012. The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life. New York: Avery).

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Cleveland Clinic has developed a video to promote empathy and compassion: “Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care”.

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Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care

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The Haliffax Heuristic Model of Compassion

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The Haliffax Heuristic Model of Compassion

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The Haliffax (2012) Heuristic Model of compassion highlights three domains called “A-I-E”:
-“A” for Attention and Affection (non-judgmental listening and the practice of kindness and emotions);
-“I” for Intention and Insight (intention to change suffering and self-awareness);
- “E” for Embodiment and Engagement (an “enactive” process of supporting others).

I think the Haliffax Heuristic Model can be adapted to teaching and learning by creating a classroom climate that proactively engages with these principles. Several scholars have shown the importance of role models that promote and practice these principles in the classroom (Barton and Garvis, 2019; Stringer, 2020). Incorporating these principles and recognising the value of emotional intelligence represents a challenge for institutions and educators. Designing curriculum should involve innovative and creative strategies to incorporate these principles across curriculum and in everyday practice, in both professional and personal life.

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Christina Riley offers the notion of “social-emotional learning” as skills that help students feel more comfortable making mistakes, talking and listening to one another, and giving them the language to do that confidently. Riley works with three social emotional skills a) collaboration (working to become effective learners); b) respect and compassion (working to become ethical people); and c) habits like applying learning to improve something in the community (working to contribute to a better world).[1] Through the example of teaching nurses how to communicate with empathy and compassion, Kelley and Kelley (2013) argue that an effective demonstration of these principles involves an active conversation that validates the legitimacy of the other person’s suffering, which opens an opportunity to build a human connection.  The fact that my modules are framed under the umbrella of social justice creates a window of opportunity to foster an environment that promotes human connections

[1] Riley uses the three “Ts” approach to engage students with empathy and compassion in the classroom: Task: what would be an engaging topic that would make students want to contribute to a better world?; Target: Who is your target population?; Text: what text, readings, concepts would help to understand that topic?

Stringer, Kate. 2020. "Teaching Students Compassion and Empathy Alongside Literacy." The Education Digest (Jan/Feb):45-51.