Research Article

Compassion Education and Compassion in Education

Volume: 11 Number: 1 March 31, 2022
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Compassion Education and Compassion in Education

Abstract

The subject of compassion has become one of the topics that are widely researched in various fields such as psychology, education, health, social work, law and ethics. This concept, which is conceptualized as the individual's awareness of someone else's pain and acting and taking action to relieve that pain, is one of the therapeutic factors that is effectively used in the treatment of various problems such as anxiety, depression, worthlessness, anger, self-blame. Compassion has been found as contributing to socialization process, ensuring social justice, and increasing prosocial behaviors and well-being. It has also been demonstrated that compassion plays an important role in dealing with difficult emotions and reducing negative psychological experiences. The concept is considered in a multidimensional way as an individual's feeling for herself/himself, for other people and for nature and all other living things. In recent years, various practices have been carried out, educational programs have been developed and new therapy models have been introduced in order to develop compassion in individuals and to achieve positive results in education and mental health through compassion training. In this study, the increasing interest in compassion, various definitions of compassion, the differences of this concept from some other concepts, the development of compassion, compassion-based intervention programs and compassion in education are discussed. In this context, the aim of the study is to deal with the issues of compassion education and compassion in education within the framework of current researches and approaches put forward in the literature and to offer some suggestions to educators, parents, researchers and practitioners.

Keywords

Positive Psychology , Mental Health , Compassion , Compassion Education , Compassion in Education

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APA
Nas, E., & Kardaş, F. (2022). Merhamet Eğitimi ve Eğitimde Merhamet. İnsan Ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi, 11(1), 316-340. https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.894028