For 21st century leaning the important skills that the educators talk about in teaching to the students is communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking skills. They talk about technology integration and making students life long learners. One of the most important skill is forgotten and that is 'empathy'
Empathy is the ability to understand others by putting oneself in the shoes of others. It helps people to understand the perspective of others as they themselves have experienced the emotions and feelings before.
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To create global citizens we need to teach empathy to our students. For this the teachers first need to be trained so that they are able to empathize with their students..As Aristotle said " Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all"
Expressing care for other students' feelings, listening to others, understanding verbal and non verbal cues and learning to understand and appreciate the differences in others will help them to become better citizens of tomorrow. It will take care of the negative behaviour in children also like bullying, violence, disruptive nature, etc
