Although there are several studies that address pedagogies that promote historical empathy through examinations of famous historical figures, there is limited research concerning whether students disp

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• The Affective Dimensions of Historical Empathy: Opportunities, Problems, and Challenges (2024) · doi

  Yet, the affective dimensions (feelings, emotions, connections) of learning about the past are understudied within research on historical empathy—defined here as a cognitive-affective process of attempting to understand the thoughts, feelings, experiences, decisions, and actions of people from the past within their historical contexts.

  Keywords: affective feelings past within historical dimensions emotions connections learning understudied empathy defined here cognitive process
• Historical Empathy in the Social Studies Classroom: A Review of the Literature (2009) · doi

  This article examines the answers that have been posited to the following questions and, in so doing, reveals where further research is needed: What capacity do K-12 students possess for historical empathy? What obstacles hinder them from demonstrating empathetic regard? What pedagogical practices promote the development of empathy? How do

  Keywords: empathy article examines answers posited following questions doing reveals further needed capacity students possess historical
• Fantasy Component of Interpersonal Reactivity is Associated with Empathic Accuracy: Findings from Behavioral Experiments with Implications for Applied Settings (2021) · doi

  Despite implications for improving measures of empathy used by practitioners interested in reading behavior and their applications to teaching empathic skills through literature, extensions to the ability to express empathic inference of interpersonal encounters, or empathic accuracy, remains an understudied area.

  Keywords: empathic despite implications improving measures empathy used practitioners interested reading behavior applications teaching skills literature
• Pedagogical conditions that promote historical empathy with “The Elizabeth Jennings Project” (2018) · doi

  Although there are several studies that address pedagogies that promote historical empathy through examinations of famous historical figures, there is limited research concerning whether students display historical empathy by investigating underrepresented historical figures such as Elizabeth Jennings.

  Keywords: historical there empathy figures several address pedagogies promote examinations famous limited concerning whether students display