Summary of Aprendizaje servicio para una educación empática: Roser Batlle at TEDxValladolid

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This TEDx talk by Roser Batlle discusses the importance of empathy in education. She argues that by teaching students to be service-minded, we can increase empathy and understanding in our society.

• 00:00:00 In this TEDx Valladolid talk, Roser Batlle discusses how we need to change the direction of the world in order to equip our children for the future. Cornella and Boff suggest that our society and economy are in a deep change, but almost imperceptible. We need to cultivate “talent,” “abilities,” and “competencies” in our children, but what direction should we be heading? Some thinkers, such as Alfons Cornella, argue that our society and economy are headed towards a deep change, but one that will barely be noticed. We need to cultivate “empathy,” “care,” and “ethics of care” in our children, as well as develop “talent” and “abilities.” We need to ensure that our children have all these skills and abilities, and we need to find a way to make them want to stay on the path of progress. But we can’t do it alone. We need everyone to pitch in, and that starts with recognizing that we are all fundamentally selfish. We must also start to value “empathy” and “care” in
• 00:05:00 This video discusses the importance of empathy in education, and how teaching students to be empathetic can help them become better communicators. The presenter discusses how the Banco de Sangre, a Spanish bank, has used learning to be service-minded to increase donations and new donors. There are currently 14 service-learning groups in Spain promoting empathy in education, with 42 universities using service-learning in their degrees as quality practices, and 40 municipalities using service-learning to improve social cohesion in their towns. Consequently, empathy training is necessary for the development of collective understanding in our society.