Have Empathy When
Teaching
Joe Casabona
joec.co/wcmpls-teach
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Imagine a Baby
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12 YEARS
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How do We Cultivate
Learning?
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Rami Abraham
It's important to consider leveraging
your capacity for empathy.
Be the reader.
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Empathy is hard!
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– Obi-Wan Kenobi
You're going to find that many of the
truths we cling to depend greatly on our
own point of view.
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Remember Your First
Time
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-Yoda
You must unlearn
what you have learned.
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Know they don't know
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You’ve never seen Star Wars?
You’ve never seen Star Wars!
vs.
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“Obviously” Kills
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Make Them Feel
Comfortable
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If everyone could do what I do, I’d be out
of a job.
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What Makes a good
Learning Environment?
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Flipped Classrooms
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Engage!
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Allow Students to discover!
• Don’t just talk at your class
• Be engaging
• Interact with them
• This will make students think about the problem &
ask more questions.
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Learn by Doing!
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Relate the Material!
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“I’ll just do it for you”
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Personal connections, no matter what
the medium for teaching, is the best way
for people to learn
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Remember: You’re there to help.
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Joe Casabona
@jcasabona casabona.org
joec.co/wcmpls-teach