Foster Empathy Research Articles

Key advantages of multiculturalism for foreign language teaching and learning

Multiculturalism is a concept that has gained increasing importance in today's globalized world, which is characterized by diversity and a rich cultural exchange. In the field of foreign language teaching and learning (FLT), the incorporation of multiculturalism has become an essential tool to promote a better understanding of cultural differences, foster empathy, and encourage the acquisition of new linguistic skills. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the key advantages of multiculturalism in foreign language teaching and learning and identify optimal ways of effective strategy implementation on bringing multiculturalism into FLT. Firstly, multiculturalism can provide students with a deeper understanding of the cultural background of the language they are learning. By exposing students to different cultures and traditions, they can better comprehend the linguistic nuances and idiomatic expressions that are inherent in a language. This, in turn, can enhance their language proficiency and make them more effective communicators. Secondly, multiculturalism can promote empathy and tolerance towards people from different cultures. In a multicultural classroom, students can learn to appreciate and respect the diversity of cultural backgrounds, beliefs, and values. This can improve their intercultural communication skills and promote a more inclusive learning environment. Thirdly, multiculturalism can encourage critical thinking and creativity. When students are exposed to different cultural perspectives, they are challenged to question their own assumptions and biases. This can foster a more open-minded approach to learning and inspire new ideas and ways of thinking. Fourthly, multiculturalism can prepare students for a globalized workforce. In today's interconnected world, cross-cultural competence is a valuable asset for professionals in various fields. By incorporating multiculturalism into foreign language teaching and learning, students can develop the skills necessary to communicate effectively with people from different cultures, both in personal and professional settings.In conclusion, the incorporation of multiculturalism in foreign language teaching and learning offers many advantages, including a deeper understanding of cultural backgrounds, empathy and tolerance towards diversity, critical thinking, and preparation for a globalized workforce. By recognizing the importance of multiculturalism in foreign language teaching and learning, educators can create a more engaging and inclusive learning environment that prepares students for success in a globalized world.

Empathy and Unity in Exit West

Mohsin Hamid’s contemporary novel, Exit West (2017), proposes a world that allows all people to migrate with relative ease across the globe through instantaneous transportation via magical doors. This stylistic choice to use organically emerging, non-state-sanctioned doors as border walls aims to make migration an accessible option for people of all identities. This notion of accessibility is represented as the primary plotline follows the trajectory of two characters using the doors after their unnamed home country is overtaken by militants. Additionally, several vignettes interspersed throughout the novel depict people with various identities who have been transported through doors and the challenges they face immediately upon entering new spaces. The symbol of the magic doors, as well as who is depicted using them, will be analyzed in this paper from the humanitarian perspective that these stylistic choices strive to foster inclusion and empathy for people regardless of identity and reason for migration. By removing the barriers associated with the actual process of migration, Hamid creates a world where migration, or stepping through magical doors, is a chosen and attainable endeavor that supports the agency of people who desire to relocate. This contrasts with the reality of displaced people who endure dangerous situations in attempt to seek safety from the traumatic circumstances in their current location, only to be denied and further traumatized.

IVF So White, So Medical: Digital Normativity and Algorithm Bias in Infertility on Instagram

Increasingly, women experiencing infertility are turning online to social media platforms, like Instagram, to engage with a support network and foster empathy. However, Instagram is also noted for its augmentation of White, cis, and heteronormative femininity through a process of silencing and minoritizing alternative, non-White voices. Through an inductive analysis of the most frequently used infertility hashtags, we collected and analyzed 252 Instagram posts to investigate how these algorithmic practices may socially construct the idealized IVF experience through communicating normative expectations. We identify predominant patterns of use that reinforce stratification within infertility treatments as primarily accessible to White women and best handled through expensive, expert medical procedures. Ultimately, we argue for increased attention to how algorithms may communicatively constitute and socially construct existing health disparities.

Generative prototypes to promote participation in the collaborative design of wearable health technologies

The potential of design artefacts as generative tools is well documented in the early stages of the design process. Yet, how prototypes continue to act generatively in the later stages is less well understood. This paper shares observations from two projects spanning the entire design process, from conceptual ideas to mass-produced objects. Through quotes and observations documenting participants interacting with prototypes, we illustrate the importance of designed physical artefacts as tools to promote expansive conversations with end-users. We find that generative prototypes foster empathy; support decision-making and communication across disciplines; allow participants to enact use and explore user experience within the early stages of a design process and provide permission to imagine possible futures. These findings encourage design practitioners to think about using high-fidelity generative prototypes throughout the design process as a powerful tool for design thinking, collaboration, and co-creation that embrace speculation and playful creativity.

The role of Islamic education teachers in fostering students’ emotional intelligence

This research aimed to find out how the role of Islamic Education teachers in fostering students' emotional intelligence, especially in Bengkulu City Elementary Schools. This was mixed-method research using explanatory techniques. Instruments in this study included questionnaires and interviews, with the sample were teachers and elementary school students. The strategy used by Islamic Religious Education (<em>Pendidikan agama Islam/</em>PAI<em>) </em>teachers in order to improve emotional intelligence is to focus more on student activity and attitudes, as well as by carrying out activities such as regular recitations every Friday, evening prayers, reading dhikr, and fasting to improve students' spiritual intelligence. After inviting students to do positive things such as reading history books, stories and other books that can foster motivation, doing social service activities, inviting students to pray when a friend is sick or when someone dies, this is to foster empathy, and in the learning process, the teacher applies group learning strategies. Also, schools provide facilities and infrastructure for extracurricular activities such as drum bands, Banjari prayers, and khutbahs, to foster a sense of cooperation or develop relationships with other people.

Video art as environmental communication media for the problem of plastic waste in Solo

Garbage is a big problem in the city of Solo. It can be seen in the Putri Cempo Landfill (TPA), which is the place where the final processing of waste from all areas of Surakarta City takes place. The waste management activities of the Putri Cempo harm the safety and comfort aspects of the environment as well as location and accessibility but also become an opportunity in the economic part. To campaign for Solo as a city that supports and cares about environmentally friendly issues, what art actors can do is disseminate the crisis that occurs through various media so that the public more easily understands it. One of the most effective ways to attract people today is through a video. They are supported by music that can foster empathy for the audience. Research methods, creation, and presentation are based on research and experimentation. The process of creating works consists of several stages, including the exploration stage, experimental experiment stage, improvisation stage, forming step, and finishing stage.

메타버스 시대의 문화예술교육

The most popular digital concept due to the recent development of digital technology is 'metaverse'. In particular, these days, when non-face-to-face communication methods are desperately needed due to the post-corona era, the concept of metaverse has come very close to us and is causing a syndrome. Metaverse is a cutting-edge technology of digital technology that changes the paradigm of communication and relationships in the present age and is a concept that is very suitable for the post-corona era. In this study, the applicability of Culture and Arts Education in the metaverse era was suggested as follows. First, virtual reality technology can be used as a mechanism to expand cultural and artistic experiences and trial. Second, the expressive activity of learners through virtual reality can improve media utilization ability and foster empathy through storytelling composition work. Third, virtual reality can be used as a method of building tools and materials for observation, exploration, and appreciation of objects. Lastly, virtual reality technology can construct and build various virtual worlds.

Digital Narratives of Living With Lupus: Lived Experiences and Meanings for Latin American and Latino Patients and Their Families.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disproportionately affects Latin American and Latino populations, with worse outcomes compared to nonminority populations. Understanding patients' views is critical to provide culturally competent care. The objective of this research is to analyze lived experiences with SLE from comments made by Latin American and Latino patients, and their relatives and friends, on the public Facebook group "Hablemos de Lupus" (in English: "Let's Talk about Lupus"). Deidentified narratives posted as a reaction to the most popular resources shared by the page were extracted using the Facepager application. We conducted a thematic analysis under an interpretative medical anthropology framework. Five core themes were demonstrated by social media comments: lived experiences with lupus, religious/spiritual thoughts, metaphors, heredity, and experiences of family and friends. Being diagnosed with lupus is perceived as a life-changing event. The fluctuating course of the disease causes uncertainty, and the perception of invisibility within the patient's social circle generates feelings of being misunderstood. Faith and spiritual thoughts are coping strategies. Patients use metaphors about the disease's meaning and their lived experiences (the purple butterfly, not belonging, bellicose metaphors) to communicate with others. Relatives and friends are impacted by their loved one's distress. Patients perceive lupus as an unpredictable illness and use metaphors to foster empathy and communicate their experiences to others. Religion is as important as medical treatment to cope with the disease, and the experience of having lupus extends to family and friends. Findings can be used to improve physician-patient communication and lupus education campaigns in the Latin American and Latino population.

Talking cinema, power and representation: an interview with Salvadoran actress, writer and filmmaker Vanesa Tomasino

‘One thing we can all agree upon, whether we use the word Latinx or BIPOC, is that stories and cinematic representations of historically marginalised populations must include within the storylines their ability to survive, thrive, assimilate and fight in a world that was set up to render their real narratives invisible’. This interview with Salvadoran actress, writer and filmmaker Vanesa Tomasino explores a range of topics, including: ‘truth’; inclusion, stereotyping, representation and cultural imperialism; cinema and television as creative industries; relevance; power and agency in relation to non-white, Latinx and Hispanic filmmakers, actresses, actors, stories; and the potential of film and cinema to humanise social experiences and foster new understandings, empathy and connection. The interview was undertaken via audio files and emails throughout October and November of 2021.

Art in Surgery: A Review of Art-based Medical Humanities Curricula in Surgical Residency

Numerous programs integrate arts and humanities methods to advance medical education competencies. Despite the highly visual and technical nature of the field of surgery, the current state of art utilization in surgical training is unclear. The purpose of this review is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how art has been utilized in surgical training, to investigate the purpose of such interventions, and to assess how art interventions may benefit surgeons. A systematic literature review using PRISMA methodology was conducted to identify articles published prior to February 2022 that investigated or described using art in surgical resident training. Qualitative themes were developed upon full review of the literature and categorized based on fundamental aspects of surgical education. The data was summarized by a narrative approach. Six hundred seventy-four unique articles were initially identified, thirteen of which met inclusion criteria. Twelve studies employed drawing or sculpture in surgical residency training; one discussed art observation to foster mindfulness, teambuilding, and empathy. Eight articles utilized art as an evaluation tool, 2 for didactic and archival purposes, one employed exercises in art analysis to improve empathy and physician wellbeing, and 2 described courses in which art making was treated as a foundational skill. No articles discussed use of art for honing diagnostic skills, observation, or patient communication - competencies that have been addressed in other fields. This review highlights the small number of examples in the medical literature about visual arts in surgical training. The existing art-based surgical humanities studies identify opportunities for curricular innovation within surgical training.

Two significant concepts in organ donation: Empathic tendency and altruism

IntroductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an empathic tendency and altruism on organ donation. Material and methodThis descriptive and relationship-seeking research included adults who responded to a questionnaire delivered by e-mail with the snowball sampling method. The sample comprised 269 subjects according to 99% power and significance level of α = 0.05. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, Empathic Tendency Scale, Altruism Scale, and the Organ Donation Attitude Scale. ResultsA positive, strong, statistically significant relationship was determined between the empathic tendency and altruism scales and the organ donation and transplantation scale (p < 0.001). Empathic tendency and altruism were determined to affect the positive attitude subscale of the organ donation attitude scale at the rate of 11.9%. ConclusionThe findings indicate that programs that foster empathy and compassion should be implemented in order to foster a positive attitude about organ donation.

Virtual reality to foster empathy in disability workers: A feasibility study during COVID-19.

Empathy is a critical skill required by disability workers. Virtual reality may increase access to staff training to foster empathy. A mixed methods feasibility study investigated a custom-built virtual reality program, IMercyVE, which aimed to immerse a disability worker in a first-person perspective of having intellectual disability. Data were collected through online surveys (n=9) completed before and after use of IMercyVE, and by videoconference focus groups (n=6). Qualitative findings included that IMercyVE delivered a novel experience for participants and a distinctive mode of learning that assisted participants to deepen their levels of empathy. Descriptive analyses of the surveys indicated that participants' empathy increased after engaging with IMercyVE. IMercyVE has the potential to be offered as a remotely delivered and flexible staff training modality suitable for building empathy. Further research with a larger sample is warranted.

Disrupting the "empathy machine": The power and perils of virtual reality in addressing social issues.

This article looks through a critical media lens at mediated effects and ethical concerns of virtual reality (VR) applications that explore personal and social issues through embodiment and storytelling. In recent years, the press, immersive media practitioners and researchers have promoted the potential of virtual reality storytelling to foster empathy. This research offers an interdisciplinary narrative review, with an evidence-based approach to challenge the assumptions that VR films elicit empathy in the participant—what I refer to as the VR-empathy model. A review of literature from the fields of psychology, computer science, embodiment, medicine, and virtual reality was carried out to question and counter these claims through case studies of both fiction and non-fiction VR experiences. The results reveal that there is little empirical evidence of a correlation between VR exposure and an increase in empathy that motivates pro-social behavior, and a lack of research covering VR films exposure eliciting empathy. Furthermore, the results show an alarming lack of research into the long-term effects of VR films and other VR immersive experiences. This contribution aims to understand and demystify the current “empathy machine” rhetoric and calls for more rigorous, scientific research that can authenticate future claims and systemize ethical best practices.

Cultivating Urban Storytellers: A Radical Co-Creation to Enact Cognitive Justice for/in Self-Built Neighbourhoods

We all carry an imperative to imagining collectively more just cities, to engaging more meaningfully with multiple urban actors and their different sensibilities through their stories. Storytelling helps to foster empathy, to understand the meaning of complex experiences, and, most importantly, to inspire action. With the rise of the digital era and new technologies at hand, we have an opportunity to redefine not only the way we tell, connect, and engage with our collective stories, but also how we work together in forming them. Based on the research design project &lt;em&gt;Patrimonio Vivo | Living Heritage&lt;/em&gt;, grounded in the city of Medellín, this article illustrates the dynamics and potentials of co-creation with cultural organizations and creative teams through learning alliances. Our alliance among a cultural community centre, a cooperative of architects, a grassroot organisation and post-graduate students around the world used storytelling to propel an ecology of urban knowledges. Working online during the global lockdown, we mobilised stories of solidarity, care, memory, and livelihoods through the narrative of people, places, and organisations following their trajectories as the basis for the design of spatial strategies. This collaborative work aimed at contributing to the recognition of everyday spatial practices in self-built neighbourhoods as a form of “living heritage” of the city and a key building block for reframing a more progressive “integral neighbourhood upgrading” practice. I argue that using storytelling as a co-creative methodology, based on learning alliances, we can bridge the ecology of urban knowledges to foster cognitive justice and transform the current stigmatizing urban narrative of self-built neighbourhoods.

Counsellors' lived experiences of empathy &amp; compassion: An interpretive phenomenological inquiry

AbstractEmpathy and compassion are critical elements in counselling presence and practice. The present interpretive phenomenological study explored counsellor lived experiences of empathy and compassion. Through interpretative phenomenological analysis, findings highlighted how counsellors experience compassion and empathy, how boundaries shape wellness and practice with clients, and the impact of empathy and compassion over a career. The findings suggest that self‐other differentiation is key while using empathy to develop a strong therapeutic alliance and counsellor self‐care. Implications inform how counsellors can maintain wellness and learn to foster empathy and compassion in practice.

Edukasi Pemanfaatan Cagar Budaya Kabupaten Pengandaran Melalui Program Sportourism

Thematic Real Work Lectures (KKN) or also commonly called KKN-T are KKN whose activity program orientation is focused on certain fields in accordance with social problems and the direction of development policies implemented by the government in certain areas (Regency/City). The implementation of Thematic KKN is intended to foster empathy and concern among the academic community of STKIP Darussalam Cilacap towards, (1) various real problems faced by society and (2) sustainable development which is needed to make the nation's life intelligent and realize social welfare. The implementation of the Sporturism activity program carried out in Panggung Cave, Pengandaran Regency, was carried out on Tuesday, March 15 2022, from which the authors concluded that the people in Pengandaran Regency still do not realize the potential that if Panggung Cave is utilized optimally, it will obtain better benefits. This is proven by the way the authors conducted observations and short interviews with local communities and visitors.

Optimalisasi Bimbingan Karir Dalam Proses Pengembangan Diri Penyandang Disabilitas Di Forum Komunikasi Disabilitas Kudus

Optimizing Career Guidance in the Self-Development Process of Persons with Disabilities at the Kudus Disability Communication Forum . This study aims to obtain an in-depth description of the Implementation of Career Guidance, the efforts and obstacles in the Self-Development Process of Persons with Disabilities at the Kudus Disability Communication Forum. This study uses a qualitative approach that is presented descriptively with data collection techniques used through observation, interviews, and documentation of the activities in the Kudus Disability Communication Forum. In this study, it was found that the efforts of the FKDK were to establish relationships with social institutions so that they could develop and be accepted by the community, in addition to holding social activities to foster social feelings and empathy for fellow persons with disabilities. The obstacles experienced often come from within the individual, such as a lack of self-confidence and a willingness to grow. It is necessary to hold more training related to self-motivation, personal branding, and self-understanding in addition to developing and forming a high sense of self-esteem for people with disabilities, this is also a provision for people with disabilities. Keywords: Career Guidance, Self-Development, Disability

Changing Hearts and Minds? Why Media Messages Designed to Foster Empathy Often Fail

Changing Hearts and Minds? Why Media Messages Designed to Foster Empathy Often Fail

Learning to Care: Faculty Perspectives on Developing Empathy and Inclusive Mindsets in Biomedical Engineering

While we all have our own circumstances and experiences, being able to empathize is critical to recognizing injustice and considering the viewpoints of others in the community. In the human-centric field of biomedical engineering (BME), empathy is imperative to creating inclusive devices or equipment that are equally accessible to all who need them. To learn more about the importance of empathy in the discipline and the learning activities that can be used to promote it, we leveraged qualitative methods and interviewed six BME instructors and course coordinators. We applied Zaki’s framework of empathy as the theoretical foundation for our investigation and analysis, which considers cognitive, emotional, and motivational factors. In this study, we sought to address: (1) The need of empathy for BME students; (2) The need of empathy for BME educators; and (3) How specific learning activities can be used to appreciate and imbue empathy. The analysis resulted in six themes, and the findings illustrated that empathy was considered important for students’ personal and professional development. It can promote intercultural awareness, leadership, and may drive students to think and care about others and take action. Faculty perceived empathy as necessary for themselves as well and they described developing it over the course of their careers as they interacted with students and learned about the issues they faced. In turn, they mentioned how their own empathy served to strengthen their approach as educators, their interpersonal relationships, and their awareness of students in distress. We identified multiple learning activities which can foster empathy in students. Examples include writing personas to enhance perspective-taking or allowing students to share their own narrative to strengthen communication for the speaker and active listening and compassion from those hearing the stories. Requiring students to shadow physicians or conduct interviews with those that will use their products can serve to build compassion and help students to think about others. However, to impact values and mindsets such activities should not just be inserted at a single time point, but instead, should be considered throughout the BME curriculum. The findings from this work not only encourage professional development of BME students and their ability to solve problems addressing the needs of real people, but they also speak to the value of empathy for individual growth and considering diverse perspectives.

Common but Differentiated

Sustainability and Climate ChangeVol. 15, No. 3 Letter from the EditorFree AccessCommon but DifferentiatedPublished Online:23 Jun 2022https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2022.29016.mvAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Language can be used to include and exclude. For those with access to the standard languages in use, language allows the sharing of ideas and experiences but with the limitation that the culture embedded in one language may not translate to another. Similarly, for those not able to convey their thoughts in a standard language, their words can be obscured in the translation by foreign counterparts that can. It is with this limitation that context related to the transmission of information, stories, and research across cultures and languages requires visibility.We are dedicated at Sustainability and Climate Change to represent the global south and north and convey information from varying methodologies in an accessible way to promote understanding and compassion across geographic boundaries. Over the past few months, we have provided insight with respect to climate change action in India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Italy, Brazil, and the United States. Each article highlighted aspects of sustainability and climate impacts that increased understanding of differences, while highlighting the common issue we face, the speed of climate change.In this issue we begin with a viewpoint on the circular economy and its relationship to ecological economics. In our commentary, we explore the relationship between gender and productivity in village enterprises in Indonesia, and our student perspective posits how in the United States we can better assess sustainability traction in higher education. Our book reviews both provide a historical backdrop related to our present global status and our four articles all address the common theme of behavior across different scenarios and countries. These articles provide a basis of understanding how sustainability and climate change are affecting people across the globe.However, it is not enough just to know what is happening elsewhere, it is important to be engaged with it as well. As we move forward this year, we look forward to welcoming a broader cross section of disciplines and interdisciplinary research and reporting. Our goal is to ensure that we foster empathy, a cohesive aspect of community, which in turn is tied to trust, resilience, and ultimately sustainability.Thank you for your readership!Madhavi Venkatesan, PhDEditor-in-ChiefFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 15Issue 3Jun 2022 InformationCopyright 2022, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Common but Differentiated.Sustainability and Climate Change.Jun 2022.161-161.http://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2022.29016.mvPublished in Volume: 15 Issue 3: June 23, 2022PDF download