Building EQ Competency in Students with an Empathy Map

Keywords: Empathy, emotional intelligence, activity

Abstract: This session provides an opportunity to experience an activity I use to build empathy in my students. This activity helps students understand not only how to improve their empathic skills but also illustrates the importance of having high levels of empathy and emotional intelligence when managing employees. I will first introduce the activity and reasoning behind it; next, session participants will be invited to work through the activity in breakout groups much as students would do; finally, we would regroup as a whole to debrief and discuss the use of this activity in the participants’ teaching settings.