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ERIC Number: EJ619469
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
A Dose of Empathy.
Miller, Howard M.
Reading Teacher, v54 n4 p380-81 Dec 2000-Jan 2001
Argues that teachers cannot teach empathy, generosity, and kindness in the same way they teach solving a math problem, but that teachers can help raise awareness of these values and affirm them whenever possible. Describes five picture books that examine the importance of reaching out to others, and that may help move students from intellectual understanding to compassionate action. (SR)
Descriptors: Altruism, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Empathy, Multicultural Education, Picture Books
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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