Pasternak A. Emotional erudite. Development of empathy in preschool children

Keywords: empathy emotion child development preschool age emotional intelligence

Pasternak A. Emotional erudite. Development of empathy in preschool children // Preschool Education Today. 2013, Issue 1 - p. 70–73.

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2013, 1

Agnieszka Pasternak
Psychologist in specialized psycho-educational clinic in Skawina, organizer of systemic and psychodynamic courses at the Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Skawina, Krakow, Poland)

Abstract

This article analyzes the problem of formation and development of empathy in preschool children. Empathy is considered as a significant factor of further development and operation of the emotional and social status of the child. Child development is unfolding through social interaction. Public attitudes to child and child relations with society influence the development of personality, cognition, emotions and social behavior. The article describes the main directions of development of empathy in the preschool years, as well as ways of its development in children in classroom settings.