LANGUAGES OF EMPATHIC TEACHING: AN OVERVIEW OF BulSU HAGONOY CAMPUS FACULTY MEMBERS’ ROLE AS SECOND PARENTS TO STUDENTS

One of the fundamental aspects of achieving quality teaching and student learning is the development of positive teacher-student relationships. Positive teacher-student relationships promote a sense of belongingness as well as encourages the students to actively and cooperatively participate in school. The confidence of students to explore learning and their ability of becoming successful is developed thru an environment which is not constrained by their fear of failure. Teachers motivates the students in setting their goals and maximize their potential towards the achievement of their goals. In addition, teachers are responsible for the students holistic development. The impact of teacher-student relationships upon a student’s mental health should not be ignored. With the help of a support framework, it is thought that the risk of young people struggling with mental illness can be diminished. In this instance, teachers act as a powerful and effective means of support and encouragement when this may not always be available in the students home environment.For such reasons, the young generation of today search for great teachers who shows kindness to colleagues, parents, and to other persons they dealt with specially to the students. A teacher changes the atmosphere inside and outside the classroom and school where the students feel welcomed, loved and cared for. Teachers have their own unique ways of making things better and improve things inside and outside of the classroom. One more integral aspect of teaching is empathy which is an important trait for educators to have and to develop since they have a powerful impact on the actions, decisions and overall development of the students inside and outside the school. An empathic teacher has a strong desire to educate students by establishing a genuine connection and understanding inspite and despite of the diversity of their origin and individual peculiarities. A teacher modeling empathy in the classroom also have the ability to foster it to the learners which is an effective pathway of imparting knowledge and lifelong learning. Significantly, teachers can have a great impact on the students well being if they involve themselves to both intellectual and emotional development of their students.The study is only intended for the benefit of BulSU Hagonoy Campus faculty members since they are the key components of the continuous growth and development of the campus and of the success of every students. The researcher have utilized quantitative method of research to realize the objectives of the study. Through the conduct of this study, the researcher had determined that the faculty members of BulSU Hagonoy Campus are empathic teachers and that they their varied languages of employing empathy to their teaching profession. Also, distinguishing affective empathy from cognitive empathy is sometimes hard because a person needs to develop first empathy within themselves before they understand it thoroughly. But it should be noted that affective empathy is automatic while cognitive empathy is a skill that can be deliberately learned and is required to acquire by everyone.