Compassion Education and Compassion in Education

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 316 - 340, 31.03.2022

Eşref Nas , Ferhat Kardaş

https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.894028

Cited By: 1

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

Merhamet Eğitimi ve Eğitimde Merhamet

Abstract

Merhamet konusu günümüzde psikoloji, eğitim, sağlık, sosyal hizmet, hukuk ve etik gibi çeşitli alanlarda yaygın şekilde araştırılan konulardan biri haline gelmiştir. Temelde bireyin başkasının acısını fark etmesi ve o acıyı dindirmek için harekete geçip eylemde bulunması olarak kavramsallaştırılan bu kavram, ruh sağlığı alanında kaygı, korku, stres, depresyon, değersizlik, öfke, kendini suçlama, aşırı özeleştiri gibi çeşitli sorunların tedavisinde de etkin şekilde kullanılan terapötik güçlerden biridir. Yapılan araştırmalarda merhametin sosyalleşmenin gelişmesinde, sosyal adaletin sağlanmasında, prososyal davranışların ve iyi oluşun artmasında etkili olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca merhametin zorlu duygularla başa çıkmada ve olumsuz psikolojik durumları azaltmada önemli bir işlev gördüğü ortaya konulmuştur. Merhamet kavramı bireyin hem kendisine hem diğer insanlara hem de doğaya ve diğer bütün canlılara duyduğu his olarak çok boyutlu şekilde ele alınmaktadır. Son yıllarda hem bireylerde merhameti geliştirmek hem de merhamet eğitimi yoluyla eğitim ve ruh sağlığı alanlarında olumlu sonuçlar elde etmek için çeşitli uygulamalar yapılmakta, eğitim programları geliştirilmekte ve yeni terapi modelleri ortaya atılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada merhamet konusuna artan ilgi, merhamete ilişkin çeşitli tanımlar, merhamet duymanın faydaları, merhametin gelişimi, merhamet temelli müdahale programları ve eğitim alanında merhamet konuları ele alınmıştır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışmanın amacı merhametle ilgili alanyazındaki güncel araştırmalar ve ortaya konan yaklaşımlar çerçevesinde merhamet eğitimi ve eğitimde merhamet konularını çeşitli boyutlarıyla ele almak ve eğitimcilere, ebeveynlere, araştırmacılara ve uygulayıcılara bazı öneriler sunmaktır.

Keywords

Pozitif Psikoloji, Ruh Sağlığı, Merhamet, Merhamet Eğitimi, Eğitimde Merhamet

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