What would it look like to focus on empathy to begin our work in TWP? PSU faculty member Elisabeth Johnston used this question to guide her redesign of her TWP section. Review this session to learn more about her process as well as how she connected several aspects of her teaching (such as Design Thinking, the Habits of Mind, and ungrading) to a thread of empathy in this course.
She uses the questions her students will explore during the course to guide the discussion.
- What is empathy?
- How can we learn about each other’s perspectives?
- How will our individual perspectives inform our work together?
- Where do you see empathy in the Habits of Mind?
- How can we use empathy to understand other people’s perspectives/experiences about climate change?
