Capacidad empática en agentes educativos de Hogares de niños sin amparo familiar/Empathic capacity in educational agents of Homes for children without family protection

Abstract

  Introduction: Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, a primary factor in the development of interpersonal relationships at all levels, to understand as part of the same whole, the problems, achievements, illusions and all the feelings of an individual, giving a sense of support and understanding to the person.

 In today's education, empathy emerges as a powerful component for understanding and success in the educational process, both in the classroom and elsewhere

  Objective: To propose a set of psychoeducational activities to develop the empathic capacity of the educational agents of the home for children without family protection, located in the municipality of Cabaiguán, province of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.

  Methods:  Various methods and techniques were applied at the theoretical, empirical and statistical-mathematical levels, based on a dialectical-materialist conception.

  Results: The results show that there are difficulties on the part of educational agents in understanding emotional states and in active listening, as well as a lack of training on the subject of empathy.

  Conclusion: The results show that there are difficulties on the part of educational agents in understanding emotional states and in active listening, as well as a lack of training on the subject of empathy.