A multicultural analysis of the empathetic behaviour of school teachers

Empathy is an act which is deliberate and which enables one to learn more about people and relationship with other peoples. Empathy is one of the strongest tool which leads one to the building of trust, creating a platform for effective understanding, better and improved communication and relationships on other people. But, this strong tool is nevertheless least practiced in the society and least prevalent among the teacher community. Thus, the present study aims at finding the presence of empathy in the school teachers as teachers are the classroom leaders and a better creator of the desired world. Also the study is undergone in two different states of India viz. Tamil Nadu and Kerala State. The study found out that female school teachers and School teachers belonging to Hindu religion of both Tamil Nadu and Kerala State (Salem and Palakkad District respectively) show higher level of Empathetic behaviour than other teacher groups. On one hand, it is clear that Tamil Nadu school teachers from urban locality and backward community teacher group do possess greater empathy than other teacher groups within Tamil Nadu state. On the other hand, Kerala School teachers from rural locality and most backward community teacher group possess greater empathy than other teacher groups within Kerala State.