The Connection Between Poverty, Social Empathy, and Experiential Learning

Authors

Juniper Taulbee
Rebecca Davison, Faculty Mentor

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Description

In the original research of Dr. Davison, she explored the question of how experiential learning influences the social empathy levels and educational practice of public-school educators. While the research showed an increase in social empathy, it also showed interesting trends that were not accounted for in the original hypothesis, such as a decrease in social empathy scoring for male participants and differences in scoring based on lived experience with poverty. Our purpose now is to analyze these differences in empathy scoring and theorize what it may imply about life circumstances, empathy, and the limits of learning.

Publication Date

4-16-2025

Disciplines

Higher Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Recommended Citation

Taulbee, Juniper and Davison, Rebecca, "The Connection Between Poverty, Social Empathy, and Experiential Learning" (2025). 2025 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations. 77.
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/77