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Empathet c teachers enhance ch ldren's mot vat on for learn ng
Date: November 3, 2015

Source: Un vers ty of Eastern F nland

Summary: Empathet c teachers enhance ch ldren's mot vat on and academ c sk lls, such as read ng, wr t ng
and ar thmet c sk lls. A pos t ve atmosphere created by the teacher also safeguards and
ncreases ch ldren's mot vat on for learn ng, accord ng to a F nn sh study.

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Empathet c teachers enhance ch ldren's mot vat on and academ c sk lls, such as
read ng, wr t ng and ar thmet c sk lls. A pos t ve atmosphere created by the teacher
also safeguards and ncreases ch ldren's mot vat on for learn ng, accord ng to the
F nn sh F rst Steps study currently ongo ng at the Un vers ty of Eastern F nland, the
Un vers ty of Jyväskylä and the Un vers ty of Turku.

The s gn f cance of empathy and a warm att tude n classroom rema ns an understud ed phenomenon n
educat onal sc ences. However, research has shown that the nteract on between the teacher and the pup l s
more mportant for learn ng outcomes than structural factors such as educat onal mater als and class s zes.
Furthermore, earl er stud es have found the teacher-pup l nteract on to be a s gn f cant factor dur ng the early
school years, but there are nd cat ons of th s nteract on play ng an mportant role also later, when the
academ c challenges become greater and the protect ve teacher-pup l nteract on can be less ntens ve.

"We are currently study ng to what extent the teacher-pup l relat onsh p n the upper comprehens ve school, .e.
n grades 7-9, can be l nked to F nland's excellent read ng scores n the Programme for Internat onal Student
Assessment, PISA," says Sen or Lecturer of Early Educat on Martt S ekk nen of the Un vers ty of Eastern
F nland, leader of the UEF research group n the F rst Steps study. The success of the F nn sh educat on
system s often attr buted to a h gh regard for the teach ng profess on and h ghly qual f ed teachers, equal ty n
educat on, and keep ng standard sed test ng to a bare m n mum. bare- v -açığa çıkarmak
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Accord ng to S ekk nen, the f rst years of the lower comprehens ve school, .e. grades 1-3, are a cr t cal per od
dur ng wh ch the ch ld needs to have a safe relat onsh p w th h s or her teacher. The teacher's empathet c
att tude not only protects ch ldren's mage of themselves as learners, but also aga nst soc al exclus on by the r
fellow pup ls. ayırma,dışlama

"It s mportant that we learn about the mechan sms that nsp re ch ldren to become act ve members of the r
school commun ty, mot vate them to study and set goals -- n other words, to bel eve n the r ab l t es to ach eve
these goals." The f nd ngs were publ shed n Contemporary Educat onal Psychology and Early Educat on and
Development.

The F rst Steps study s a ten-year follow-up study gather ng data on ch ldren's early study paths, on the
development of ch ldren's read ng and wr t ng sk lls and mot vat on when they beg n school and dur ng the r
tavsiye vermek,nasihat etmek
f rst school years, and on the counsell ng pract ces and forms of cooperat on of parents and teachers. The
study focuses on ch ldren, the r parents and teachers.. The F rst Steps study ncludes researchers from the
Un vers ty of Eastern F nland, the Un vers ty of Jyväskylä and the Un vers ty of Turku.

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