Conceptualisation of empathy from the viewpoint of pedagogic communication

Abstract

This paper is focused on the conceptualisation of empathy. It follows the ideas with which empathy is connected in interpersonal communication, with a special emphasis on the approach to empathy in pedagogic communication. The purpose of the contribution is to reveal what meanings are attached to the concept „empathy“ in two sources of data whose analysis will constitute the basis of the present research: academic texts and empiric data. The basis of the analyses is the cognitive approach to meaning whose essence is finding connotations. Key words: empathy, pedagogic communication, pedagogic communication, empiric data, connotations.