Webinar: Connecting empathy and reading in schools

These videos are taken from our webinar Reading and empathy in Scottish education hosted in partnership with Empathy Lab(this link will open in a new window) and the University of Strathclyde,(this link will open in a new window) with guest speakers, children's author Maisie Chan(this link will open in a new window) and headteacher Vanessa Thomson.

These videos will take you through:

• The connection between empathy and reading
• What empathy looks like in schools
• How to use Scottish Book Trust's and Empathy Lab(this link will open in a new window)'s resources to promote empathy in your school

Contents

• Using Scottish Book Trust's schools programmes
• 'What is empathy?' with Empathy Lab
• Writing empathy with Maise Chan
• Empathy in the classroom with the University of Strathclyde and Vanessa Thomson
• How to celebrate Empathy Day with Empathy Lab

Using Scottish Book Trust's schools programmes

'What is empathy?' with Empathy Lab

Writing empathy with Maisie Chan

Empathy in the classroom with the University of Strathclyde and Vanessa Thomson

How to celebrate Empathy Day with Empathy Lab

Further resources

• Mentioned in this webinar are our resource on Building a reading culture in your school, our Read Woke resources, our Reading Schools level quiz(this link will open in a new window) and our Schools events and opportunities webpage
• On Empathy Lab's website(this link will open in a new window) you can find their Empathy Day resources(this link will open in a new window), their Read for Empathy Collections(this link will open in a new window) and learn more about their programmes
• Our Mental Health awareness resource shares activities to explore emotional literacy, mental health and empathy
• Our book lists share our recommended reads for encouraging empathy, exploring emotions, and both children's book lists and teen reads for understanding mental health and wellbeing
• Our Authors Live on Demand catalogue contains empathy-packed broadcasts with Tom Percival, Mark Bradley, Kwame Alexander and Holly Bourne