Within the framework of Principled Innovation, empathy involves being “in tune with the emotions of others.” This Character Lab description of emotional intelligence, provided by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, discusses the importance of understanding our own emotions and the emotions of others and identifies strategies for supporting the development of emotional intelligence in the classroom
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Emotional intelligence
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
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