Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the factors that affect the empathy levels of pre-service teachers studying in the Department of Social Studies Teaching. The research questions developed in this context aimed to determine the roles of gender, age and being a member of a school club in the empathy levels of pre-service teachers. The study group consisted of pre-service social studies teachers (n=149), including 87 females and 62 males, studying in a faculty of education in the Black Sea region. The independent sample t-test was used to determine whether the empathy levels of pre-service teachers varied by age, gender and being a member of a school club. The analyses found that the pre-service teachers’ scores on the emotional reactivity sub-dimension of empathy levels varied by age and gender variables. Keywords: Empathy level, social studies, education.
Highlights
Systematic, disciplined and planned education in schools serves two purposes: teaching students the academic knowledge they can use in their daily lives and in a choice of profession, and more importantly, socializing them.Paragraph 1 of Article 26 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) states: ―Everyone has the right to education
The study group consisted of pre-service social studies teachers (n=149), including 87 females and 62 males, studying in a faculty of education in the Black Sea region
The analyses found that the preservice teachers’ scores on the emotional reactivity sub-dimension of empathy levels varied by age and gender variables
Summary
Systematic, disciplined and planned education in schools serves two purposes: teaching students the academic knowledge they can use in their daily lives and in a choice of profession, and more importantly, socializing them.Paragraph 1 of Article 26 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) states: ―Everyone has the right to education. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be accessible to all on the basis of merit.‖ Paragraph 2 continues: ―Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace‖ (http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/). Article 26 was prepared in the aftermath of the destruction of World War II based on the common understanding that human beings need to be protected from one another
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