Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching
Empathy has often been associated with how people come to know the minds of others. Theory of mind (ToM) proposes that through social cognition people make unique inferences about unobservable mental states such as intentions, goals and beliefs. This chapter explores the association between teacher...
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| author | McAlinden, Maggie |
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| description | Empathy has often been associated with how people come to know the minds of others. Theory of mind (ToM) proposes that through social cognition people make unique inferences about unobservable mental states such as intentions, goals and beliefs. This chapter explores the association between teacher empathy, ToM and interculturality, and the expression and interpretation of emotion in intercultural educational settings. The chapter raises questions about the universality of non-verbal emotional expression and interpretation of emotion across cultures, and suggests that teachers may not always be accurate in their interpretations of learners' emotional cues in intercultural encounters. The chapter concludes that reflexivity and empathy are essential elements of being in interculturally effective educator. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-216552023-02-27T07:34:30Z Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching McAlinden, Maggie Dunworth, K. Zhang, G. Theory of mind Learner body language Intercultural education Teacher empathy Empathy has often been associated with how people come to know the minds of others. Theory of mind (ToM) proposes that through social cognition people make unique inferences about unobservable mental states such as intentions, goals and beliefs. This chapter explores the association between teacher empathy, ToM and interculturality, and the expression and interpretation of emotion in intercultural educational settings. The chapter raises questions about the universality of non-verbal emotional expression and interpretation of emotion across cultures, and suggests that teachers may not always be accurate in their interpretations of learners' emotional cues in intercultural encounters. The chapter concludes that reflexivity and empathy are essential elements of being in interculturally effective educator. 2014 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21655 10.1007/978-3-319-06185-6_5 Springer restricted |
| spellingShingle | Theory of mind Learner body language Intercultural education Teacher empathy McAlinden, Maggie Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching |
| title | Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching |
| title_full | Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching |
| title_fullStr | Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching |
| title_short | Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching |
| title_sort | can teachers know learners' minds? teacher empathy and learner body language in english language teaching |
| topic | Theory of mind Learner body language Intercultural education Teacher empathy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21655 |