Building Empathy in Children through Community Connections

Building Empathy in Children through Community Connections

by Erica FrydenbergJanice Deans and Rachel Liang
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 06/09/2022

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Taking a unique approach, which highlights lived experience and engagement with community, this book guides the reader on how to create learning environments in which children are encouraged to develop relationships, build meaningful connections and take action which contributes to the wellbeing of their own communities.


Through evaluations and feedback from participating professionals, as well as children’s learning in the form of artworks and photos, Building Empathy in Children through Community Connections: A Guide for Early Years Educators highlights how community partnership programs between children and community groups builds empathy and wellbeing in early childhood. Drawing on extensive research and professional experience in psychology and early childhood, it provides details of various community connections programs and considers the ways in which early learning settings can engage with their communities as they meet the requirements and objectives of the curriculum. Each chapter provides practical advice on implementation as well as take-home messages intended to encourage and enable community engagement.


Demonstrating how young children can develop empathy through building community connections, this book is a vital resource for early childhood educators as well as parents and those working in community programs and early childhood settings.

ISBN:
9781000631821
9781000631821
Category:
Education
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
06-09-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Erica Frydenberg

Erica Frydenberg is an educational, clinical and organisational psychologist who has practised extensively in the Australian educational setting. She is a Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor in psychology in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, and has published more than 25 books and 150 articles.

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