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- Intellectual Empathy
Gifted Education - Sharon Slodounik
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Richard Paul and Linda Elder of The Critical Thinking Foundation identifies the following eight intellectual traits:
Intellectual Traits
Explanation of Trait
Intellectual Humility
vs. Intellectual Arrogance
Intellectual Courage
vs. Intellectual Cowardice
Intellectual Empathy
vs. Intellectual Narrow -mindedness
Intellectual Autonomy
vs. Intellectual Conformity
Intellectual Integrity
vs. Intellectual Hypocrisy
Intellectual Perseverance
vs. Intellectual Laziness
Confidence in Reason
vs. Distrust of Reason & Evidence
Fairmindedness
vs. Intellectual Unfairness
Intellectual Empathy is one often referenced in XL sessions. Intellectual Empathy is imagining one’s self in the place of another in order to understand the person. To do so, one has to regard another person’s feelings and not be self-centered. To be intellectually empathetic, an individual has to accurately understand the viewpoints and reasoning of another individual and accept ideas other than one’s own. Along with this is the willingness to be wrong. A student’s “job” is to understand what someone else is saying by a) listening, b) asking clarifying questions and c) being able to restate what they heard. Also, it means a student’s job is to find other words to explain his/her thinking, as needed, so as to clearly communicate to a listener.