Phase One: Laying the Foundations
Training Materials
Videos contained in the presentation can be played from the portal using the links at the bottom of the page
Key Research Documents
- About Empathy (Briefing Paper)
- Empathy Booktalking (Briefing Paper)
- EmpathyLab watching and reading list
Planning and Evaluation Tools
- Phase 1: Some Top Tips
- Empathy-building reading practices: Some top tips
- Teacher empathy book reading notice
- Staff book sharing log
- Staffroom empathy spots
- Staff listening audit
- Our evaluation framework (guidance notes)
- Whole school empathy audit (paper copy to print)
- Whole school empathy audit (online form)
Staff Training Presentations
Teaching Tools and Classroom Resources
Phase 1 Video Library (academic & teacher contributions)
Professor Robin Banerjee: The educational importance
of empathy
Mark Ruffalo : What is empathy? Sesame Street explains all
Brene Brown: The difference between empathy
and sympathy.
Helen Mulligan: Letting the book do the talking
Claire Williams : Implementing a whole school approach
Professor Robin Banerjee: Empathy - a call to action.
Professor Robin Banerjee: Opportunities to work within the Welsh Curriculum
Sarah Higgs: Introducing the EmpathyLab approach to Brynhyfryd School, Swansea
Professor Robin Banerjee: Understanding the pupil sociogram