Nascira Ramia

Development of Empathy and Altruism in Latin American Students

A Case Study Using Service Learning at a Liberal Arts College in Ecuador

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This report contributes to the fields of education
and psychology, as well as informs higher education
practitioners in Latin America. The study described
in this book frames the cognitive and socio-emotional
impacts of service and other forms of experiential
learning over "book learning" by incorporating
psychological constructs, such as the development of
empathy and altruism, within the outcomes of this
pedagogy. The study focused on an intervention that
can shed light on the development of empathy and
altruism in the college years, and in the possibility
to intervene in this development. The intervention
took the form of a mandatory service-learning course,
which included conferences and a service internship
with continuous and shared reflection via computer
mediated discussion groups. The most important impact
that this report can have is to provide an experience
that can be further replicated and improved, and that
can aid in a transformation of Latin American society
through higher education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• Gewicht: 140g
• ISBN-13: 9783639090628
• ISBN-10: 3639090624
• Artikelnr.: 25521706

Autorenporträt

Professor of Education and Psychology at Universidad San
Francisco de Quito (USFQ, Ecuador) since 2001. She is also
currently the Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in
Education at USFQ. She holds a doctorate in Developmental
Studies:Human Development and Education from Boston University.
She has 13 years of experience as an educator.