Teaching Empathy: Teacher Candidates’ Perspectives of the Japanese Internment in Hawaii

Conference: The IAFOR International Conference on Education in Hawaii (IICE2022)
Title: Teaching Empathy: Teacher Candidates’ Perspectives of the Japanese Internment in Hawaii
Stream: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Presentation Type: Virtual Presentation
Authors:
Jennifer Padua, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
Monica Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
Doreen Elliott, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States

Abstract:

This phenomenological study examined the extent to which undergraduate teacher candidates’ perspectives of the Japanese Internment in Hawaiʻi influenced their learning of empathy. The article discusses how teacher preparation programs may use cultural simulations to develop teacher empathy, a central characteristic of the quality of culturally responsive teachers. Learning about empathy through Japanese Internment in Hawaiʻi was explored by analyzing the experiences of seventeen undergraduate teacher candidates after visiting the Japanese Cultural Center in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Data gleaned from surveys, self-reflection, peer reflections, and photovoice essays were analyzed using clustering and themes. Findings revealed the depth of candidates’ empathetic lens and ways teacher preparation programs may use an interdisciplinary approach to develop teacher candidate empathy. The research offered implications for teacher preparation programs on the use of empathy for preparing teacher candidates to work in urban classrooms with culturally and linguistically diverse students.

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