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Empathy is considered vital for intercultural communication, and research suggests that reading poetry may increase students’ empathy. The presenter will describe a study that examined the effect of reflecting upon English-language haiku on student empathy. Though students tend to believe that reading English-language haiku will increase their empathy, pre-/post-course empathy surveys failed to find significant empathy increases. Samples of student writing will be shown to illustrate how students viewed and responded to haiku tasks.
Summary
Empathy is considered vital for intercultural communication, and research suggests that reading poetry may increase students’ empathy. The presenter will describe a study that examined the effect of reflecting upon English-language haiku on student empathy. Though students tend to believe that reading English-language haiku will increase their empathy, pre-/post-course empathy surveys failed to find significant empathy increases. Samples of student writing will be shown to illustrate how students viewed and responded to haiku tasks.
| Teaching Context | College and university education |
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