Caring Teacher in Developing Empathy in Moral Education

Abstract

In this paper, a case study of an experienced teacher is highlighted illuminating
her understanding as a caring agent in the classroom, her caring ways to
enhance teacher-student relationships and how she incorporated empathy as a
basis of caring in her moral lessons. Methods such as non-participant
observations, semi-structured interviews, teacher’s journal and document
analysis were adopted in over eight months of this study. The findings
highlighted teacher modelling, engaging students and pedagogical content
knowledge as central themes in teacher exhibiting care to students. In displaying
caring, it also accentuates the approaches the teacher embarked in developing
empathy among the culturally diverse students in the classroom.