This present contribution intends to consider the importance that “empathy” as a concept occupies in the educational relationship. To this end, in order to avoid reductioning traps of references which are so much generic as superficial, the word “empathy” is clarified also on the basis of the empirical studies of the latest years and of the evolution that the concept itself has had in the studies of humanis- tic psychology and developmental psychology, within the philosophical, psychoanalytical spheres. The works ends with some pedagogic comments about the empathy role in the educational relationship. In this sphere, the experience of the empathy sharing is based on the educator’s abili- ty to correctly find out the affective conditions of the educated person and to acquire other people’s point of view. Nevertheless at the same time it requires also an act of intention and awareness deriving from the strategy chosen to reach the educational goals. The educa- tional relationship is the room in which the educator and the person to be educated are involved for an empathic relationship that encourages the acknowledgment and the respect of someone else, by promoting a way of growing towards the complete «humanization».
l presente contributo si propone di considera- re la rilevanza che il concetto di “empatia” occupa nell’ambito della relazione educativa. A tal fine, per evitare le trappole riduzionistiche di riferimenti tanto generici quanto super- ficiali, si chiarisce il termine empatia anche alla luce degli studi empirici condotti negli ultimi anni e dell’evoluzione che il concetto stesso ha avuto in ambito filosofico, psicoa- nalitico, negli studi della psicologia umanistica e della psicologia dello sviluppo. Il lavo- ro si conclude con alcune considerazione di carattere pedagogico sul ruolo dell’empatia nella relazione educativa. In quest’ambito, l’esperienza della condivisione empatica poggia sulla capacità del- l’educatore di individuare correttamente gli stati affettivi dell’educando e di acquisire il punto di vista altrui. Tuttavia richiede, nel medesimo tempo, anche un atto inten- zionale e consapevole che nasce dalla strategia individuata per il raggiungimento degli obiettivi educativi. La relazione educativa è lo spazio nel quale educatore ed educando sono coinvolti in un rapporto empatico che favorisce il riconoscimento e il rispetto del- l’altro, promovendo un cammino di crescita verso la piena «umanizzazione».
Simeone, D., L'empatia nella relazione educativa, in Aa.Vv, A., Università di Macerata, Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione, Annali 2007, Edizioni Università di Macerata - EUM, Macerata 2009: 39-51 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/8994]
L'empatia nella relazione educativa
Simeone, Domenico
2009
Abstract
This present contribution intends to consider the importance that “empathy” as a concept occupies in the educational relationship. To this end, in order to avoid reductioning traps of references which are so much generic as superficial, the word “empathy” is clarified also on the basis of the empirical studies of the latest years and of the evolution that the concept itself has had in the studies of humanis- tic psychology and developmental psychology, within the philosophical, psychoanalytical spheres. The works ends with some pedagogic comments about the empathy role in the educational relationship. In this sphere, the experience of the empathy sharing is based on the educator’s abili- ty to correctly find out the affective conditions of the educated person and to acquire other people’s point of view. Nevertheless at the same time it requires also an act of intention and awareness deriving from the strategy chosen to reach the educational goals. The educa- tional relationship is the room in which the educator and the person to be educated are involved for an empathic relationship that encourages the acknowledgment and the respect of someone else, by promoting a way of growing towards the complete «humanization».I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.