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    The concept of vulnerability and empathy can be a serious or sensitive topic depending on how each student emotionally connects and responds to the ideas. In order to properly discuss the topics you as a teacher must be kind and caring when hearing the opinions and sometimes personal experiences from students.

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    The concept of vulnerability and empathy can be a serious or sensitive topic depending on how each student emotionally connects and responds to the ideas. In order to properly discuss the topics you as a teacher must be kind and caring when hearing the opinions and sometimes personal experiences from students.

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    The concept of vulnerability and empathy can be a serious or sensitive topic depending on how each student emotionally connects and responds to the ideas. In order to properly discuss the topics you as a teacher must be kind and caring when hearing the opinions and sometimes personal experiences from students.

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    BarbieNolan

    ProfessorWard
    Art133pm
    7October2015
    Unit3
    Theconceptofvulnerabilityandempathycanbeaseriousorsensitivetopicdepending
    onhoweachstudentemotionallyconnectsandrespondstotheideas.Withtheunderstanding
    thateachstudentisdifferent,itisimportanttoapproachthediscussionwithcare.Accordingto
    Eldridge,ateachershouldmaketheirclassroomintoacommunitywherethestudentscanfeel
    safeandsecureandbeabletosharetheirthoughtsandideas(Eldridge,2012).Inorderto
    properlydiscussthetopicsyouasateachermustbekindandcaringwhenhearingtheopinions
    andsometimespersonalexperiencesfromstudents.Eldridgestatedthat,Genuinecaring
    communitiesarealsoplaceswherethereisacollaborativespirit,whereallstakeholdersfeela
    senseofbelonging,wherethereisconnectionandtrustbetweenstudentsandteachers,andwhere
    studentsseeadultsactingincaringwaystowardeachother.Here,thereisgenuinerespectfor
    studentsandtheirfamilies(Eldridge,2012,p.4).
    Whenapproachingtheideasofvulnerabilityandempathy,Ifeelasateacher,youshould
    beginbygivingthedefinitionsofbothwordsandthenallowstudentstotakesometimetoreflect
    onmemoriesandexperiencesthatconnecttotheseideas.Afterthat,Iwouldaskthestudentsif
    theywouldliketosharewhattheyrecall.Again,thiscansometimesbeasensitivesubjectandit
    isimportanttorememberthatnotallstudentsmaytakepartinsharing.Themainfocusofthis
    lectureistounderstandthemeaningofvulnerabilityandempathyandbeabletoapplyitto
    previouseventsintheirlife.
    Eldridge,L.A.(2012).Theethicofcaringholisticallyforartstudents:Esmeraldasboutique.In

    L.H.Campbell&S.SimmonsIII(Eds.),
    Theheartofeducation:Holisticapproaches
    (pp.287296).Reston,VA:NationalArtEducationAssociation.

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