Singapore University of Social Sciences

Empathy and Reflection

Empathy and Reflection (SCO157)

Synopsis

SCO157 Empathy and Reflection discusses the nature of empathy and explores whether and how empathy can help us better understand individuals and communities. It will explore how the arts cultivate empathy, and reflect upon the relationship between empathy and morality. It will also question the relationship between empathy and personal reflection, such as, how we can learn to distinguish our feelings from others’, and how we are able to take another’s perspective while regulating our own emotional responses. Students will compose their own creative project (e.g., short film, podcast, music video) to elicit empathy for a cause they are interested in or elicit empathy with their learning moments (for example, service-learning, overseas experience or work attachment).

Level: 1
Credit Units: 2.5
Presentation Pattern: Every January

Topics

  • Empathy, sympathy and compassion
  • Empathy and the arts
  • Empathy and reflection
  • Empathy and society
  • Empathy, morality and social action
  • Applications of empathy

Learning Outcome

  • Discuss the relevance of empathy in the contemporary
  • Examine the relationship between empathy and reflection
  • Identify factors affecting empathy
  • Illustrate arguments using concepts learnt
  • Relate concepts learnt to real world examples
  • Demonstrate an understanding of empathy and its contexts
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