YorkSpace has migrated to a new version of its software. Access our Help Resources to learn how to use the refreshed site. Contact diginit@yorku.ca if you have any questions about the migration.
 

(EDUCATION)3: AN EXPLORATION OF EMOTION, EMBODIMENT, AND EMPATHY

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorKeeping, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorCarmichael, Jennifer Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:25:55Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:25:55Z
dc.date.copyright2022-05-19
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:25:55Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis research explores the role of the body in empathy with the goal of developing a pedagogical tool using storytelling. The study engaged participants in a series of mindfulness training sessions to explore whether empathy, viewed as a mode of responsiveness – a state of being – rather than a mode of cognitive access, can be enacted through non-judgmental observation of internal and external bodily sensation while engaging with narrative, a practice which I am calling willfully embodied perception. Findings indicated that a modest majority of participants did experience an increase in empathy and in empathy-motivated helping behaviour after completing the mindfulness sessions. If education systems can begin to view an empathic mode of engagement as an equally valuable alternative to an analytical mode of engagement, especially in the study of literature, I believe students will gain a more meaningful, holistic, and supported learning experience.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40651
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPhilosophy of education
dc.subjectLiterature
dc.subjectCognitive psychology
dc.subject.keywordsEmpathy
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodiment
dc.subject.keywordsPedagogy
dc.subject.keywordsWillfully embodied perception
dc.subject.keywordsInteroception
dc.subject.keywordsBuddhism
dc.subject.keywordsLiterature
dc.subject.keywordsCognition
dc.title(EDUCATION)3: AN EXPLORATION OF EMOTION, EMBODIMENT, AND EMPATHY
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Carmichael_Jennifer_L_2022_Masters.pdf
Size:
852.23 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.87 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
YorkU_ETDlicense.txt
Size:
3.39 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

Interdisciplinary Studies

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.