Skills for Life Series: Empathy & Compassion
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
August 2024
Subject
Skills;
Socio-Emotional Skill;
Lifelong Learning;
Conflicts Resolution;
Educational Institution;
Climate Change;
Teacher;
Quality Management;
Regulation;
Children
JEL code
J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity;
I20 - Education and Research Institutions: General;
I25 - Education and Economic Development;
N36 - Latin America • Caribbean;
P36 - Consumer Economics • Health • Education and Training • Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
IDB series
Skills for Life
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
Empathy and compassion are vital skills for emotional and social development, motivating prosocial behaviors and effective conflict resolution. Empathy involves understanding others' emotions, while compassion drives actions to alleviate their suffering. These skills can be developed through educational programs and interventions like mindfulness and emotional intelligence training. In this brief, we introduce more about its relevance, successful initiatives to foster them, and tools to measure them.
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