Pursuing the aim of compassionate empathy in higher education
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The development of compassion and other 'intellectual virtues' receive limited recognition as legitimate learning goals in the current higher education climate.
“However, the development of compassion and other ‘intellectual virtues’ receive limited recognition as legitimate learning goals in the current higher education climate (Maxwell, 2017).”
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- Authors
- Maxwell, B.
- Affiliations
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Maxwell, Bruce
- ORCID
- Maxwell, Bruce
- Venue
- The Pedagogy of Compassion at the Heart of Higher Education
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 33-48
- OpenAlex
- W2734936421
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Empathy and Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Education, Philosophy, and Society
- Keywords
- higher education, professional ethics, moral education, perspective taking, compassion, emotional engagement, teaching principles
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