Epistemic empathy, an affective phenomenon, dovetails with science teachers' learning of responsive teaching¶

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q2 i? Science teachers' development of epistemic empathy dovetails with their learning of responsive teaching, positioning emotion as integral to learning processes rather than merely an antecedent or obstacle. → Chen 2026

Evidence¶

Chen 2026¶

Chen, G. A., Vedder-Weiss, D., & Marshall, S. A. (2026). Introduction: the role of affect in STEM teacher learning. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-026-09777-4

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The editorial reports, citing Jaber (2021) and Jaber et al. (2022, 2024), that scholars "have chronicled how science teachers' development of epistemic empathy" dovetails with learning responsive teaching. The editorial narrates these studies without reporting their designs in detail.

"scholars have chronicled how science teachers' development of epistemic empathy– an affective phenomenon– dovetails with their learning of responsive teaching"

Discussion¶

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