Interpretation of empathy in preschool education: empathy refers to a psychological state, which refers to a person's recognition of others' emotions and attitudes. It consists of two parts: one is the individual's recognition of others' emotions; The second is the individual's cognition and experience of his own emotions.

Preschool teachers are the organizers, guides and collaborators of children's learning activities and play an important role in educational activities. Because children are young, lack of life experience and social knowledge, their inner world is simple and sensitive, and they are easily influenced by the outside world and have different emotional reactions. Therefore, as a kindergarten teacher, we should learn to use our wisdom to help children solve various problems or difficulties.

The types of empathy in preschool education are:

1, positive empathy

That is, teachers can adjust their behaviors and attitudes according to children's needs in time to adapt to children's needs and interests. For example, when children encounter setbacks, teachers should give timely encouragement and guidance; Teachers should give affirmation and praise to children's achievements in time; When children make mistakes in activities, teachers and parents should patiently guide and correct them, which is one of the manifestations of positive empathy.

2. Negative empathy

That is, teachers can't adjust their behavior in time according to children's physical and mental characteristics and development level to meet children's needs and requirements. This is the so-called negative transfer method. For example, in teaching, if students ask questions beyond the teacher's understanding, then the teacher should ignore them by avoiding or shifting the topic to other things, which is one of the manifestations of negative transfer method.

3. Alternative migration

The so-called substitution transfer refers to the psychological phenomenon that individuals transfer the relevant characteristics of a particular event to another event. (For example, when a student is afraid to go outdoors to participate in group activities because he is afraid of the dark, we can tell him, "In fact, the evening is also beautiful" and let him overcome his fear. )

4. Negative migration

The so-called negative transfer refers to the psychological process in which individuals transplant some characteristics of one thing to another. For example, some students don't like learning math because they don't like it. ) Negative transfer is a bad psychological state.