Shkitina N.S. 1
Elagina V.S. 1
Nemudraya E.Y. 1
1 Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University
The comparative analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature allowed us to display and characterize a number of important distinctions in the notion «empathy» interpretation, find the similarities of pedagogical and psychological empathy. Comparative and analytical approach to the research of future teachers university preparation problem allowed to prove the usage of the term «empathy» in pedagogy and give the author’s definition of pedagogical empathy. We understand pedagogical empathy as the process of students mastering the necessary system of knowledge about pedagogical empathy, empathy skills oriented to a social society requirement, characterized by teaching and upbringing humane process at the contemporary period of time. We describe in the article the possibility to organize empathy training as an independent type of future teachers professional pedagogical training in a teachers training university. The aim and the result of empathy training is a competent specialist, ready and able to rational, emotional and intuitive reflection of his pupils and effective upbringing influence on them.