Professor in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, Purdue
University
Author:
Rethinking Multicultural Education for the Next Generation: The New
Empathy and Social Justice
By
drawing on breakthrough research in two fields—neuroscience
and animal studies—Nadine Dolby argues that empathy is an underlying
element of all living beings. Dolby shows how this commonality can provide
a scaffolding for building an exciting new approach to developing
multicultural and global consciousness, one that has the potential to
transform how our students see and relate to the world around them.
The first point sets up the book/conversation, by framing through the
ways in which the education system today is headed in the wrong
direction, and the changes that are needed....
1. change/influence/understand the role of education in promoting
empathy and positive change
2. distinguish between sympathy and empathy
3. connect empathy for people to empathy for animals and the environment
4. help people to understand that they can be a source of empathy and
positive change
5. reduce reliance on material things for a sense of self-worth
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"Rethinking Multicultural Education for the Next
Generationbuilds
on the legacy of social justice multicultural education, while
recognizing the considerable challenges of reaching today’s college
students. By drawing on breakthrough research in two fields—neuroscience
and animal studies—Nadine Dolby argues that empathy is an underlying
element of all living beings.
Dolby shows how this commonality can
provide a scaffolding for building an exciting new approach to
developing multicultural and global consciousness, one that has the
potential to transform how our students see and relate to the world
around them. This book features classroom vignettes and reflections,
discussion of research with pre-service teachers on the concept of
empathy, and pedagogical suggestions for fostering the new empathy in
students."
Chapters.
1. Multicultural Teach Education for the New
Generation:
The Change of Social Justice and the Rise of Empathy,
2. Who Are our Students.
3. Multicultural Teacher Education: Past Present, and
future
4. The New Empathy: Rethinking Human Nature
5. Empathy for All: Expanding the Moral Circle
6. Reaching Our Students: The Journey to Empathy
7. The Road from Empathy to Justice
8. A Pedagogy for Erin and Brittany: Towards a New
Multicultural Teacher Education
Appendix
The Decline of Empathy
and the Future of Liberal Education
By Nadine Dolby
Liberal Education Spring 2013, Vol. 99, No. 2
"By nurturing empathy through a liberal education, we can help our
students understand their connections to other humans, animals, and the
planet—and perhaps, eventually, find their way back to themselves."
