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On Empathic Teaching

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Good afternoon 
and thank you for the invitation.

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My name is Anna Spertini, I'm a teacher

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I teach children and teenagers

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and I have spent the last 
5 months of my life

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studying facial micro-expressions
and the emotions related to them

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Here is for example 
an expression of sincere joy

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This, however, is the expression
made by my friends

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when I tell them 
how I spent my summer ...

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I can see some discomfort, 
a certain embarrassment

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because actually 
facial micro-expressions

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are often related and associated
to the unmasking of lies

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This is also thanks 
to a TV show from a few years ago.

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But the people don’t know, that 
by applying these techniques

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to another sector 
such as education,

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We can obtain a
greater communication with students

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and even greater 
awareness of themselves.

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I am also a mom.

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My son's name is Alessandro, he is 9

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and he studies violin with the Suzuki method.

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The Suzuki method is an innovative method 
in the teaching of music

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universally recognized and also
called “the mother-tongue method”.

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It was created in the last century 
by Shinichi Suzuki

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who is a Japanese 
violinist and teacher

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and the main foundation 
of this method is

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that everyone can 
learn from their environment.

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Therefore, when you create 
the right stimulating environment,

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you also foster 
the same feelings in the student

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and so you foster learning.

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Essential condition of the Suzuki method

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is the participation of

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at least one parent

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in the study path.

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And in fact the success 
of each Suzuki program

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lies exactly in the good quality 
of this so-called

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"Suzuki triangle" 
which is formed by the collaborative

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relationship between 
teacher, parent and child.

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This is a class of violin

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of the Suzuki School in Siena.

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My son’s violin teacher 
is Alessio Nacuzi

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and he usually sends 
several e-mails to parents

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to support them in their role 
of Suzuki parents

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and to help their children precisely

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in practicing the violin at home.

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Last spring, 
Alessio, sent an e-mail to all parents

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containing, among other things, 
a Web link

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to Paul Ekman's website.

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Paul Ekman is a researcher
who has devoted

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his entire life researching 
facial micro-expressions

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and emotions related to them

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I went to visit the website 
and I noticed that

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there was a huge amount 
of interesting material

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not only for my teaching job, 
but also for me as a mom

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helping my son 
with violin practice at home.

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The material was immense 
and also pretty expensive

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so I asked Alessio 
to please share the expense.

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Alessio accepted and so 
we shared our study committment.

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We spent the entire summer studying 
and we were able in late Summer

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to obtain
the FACS Coders Certificate.

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This is a certificate 
that is usually achieved

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by people who then 
collaborate as experts

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with the police or with the court.

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But we want to apply it to teaching

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because we believe 
that it will give us surprising results.

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And, on this occasion, 
I also get to know Alessio a bit better.

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I get to know some details of his life 
and how he arrived in Siena

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and I find out that 
as Paul Ekman has dedicated

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his whole life to studying 
facial micro-expressions,

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Alessio has devoted his entire life 
not only to music and violin,

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but also looking for a teaching method 
one of a kind.

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Imagine indeed to use
various communication

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tools and techniques

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usually used in niche areas

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and to apply them to teaching.

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The effect is immediate, 
between teacher and students

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a deep communication
and a deep empathy are created,

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the results are achieved 
much faster

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and with a stable well being condition.

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Mr Nacuzi is 
convinced that it is possible

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through various methods
such as the Suzuki method

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Mental Training, NLP Coaching, 
Feldenkrais method, LAB Profile

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we can manage to get 
a situation for which

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at the time of the performance 
that is at the concert,

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the child is in a 
zero-stress condition

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and thus in a stable well being condition.

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Many Italian and foreign universities

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are interested 
in Alessio’s research.

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Including 
the Royal College of London

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and of course 
the Paul Ekman Group

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which has given us 
part of the study material.

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And then the passage is:

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How do we define 
the stress levels in children?

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There is a simple and reliable test

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called salivary cortisol test

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It consists in collecting 
a small sample of saliva

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from the subject at the time of the performance

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and so in this case, of the concert

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to measure the precise 
amount of cortisol.

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When this hormone

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that is produced 
by adrenal glands

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is present in high amount,

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it indicates a stress condition.

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Alessio Nacuzi in its years of experience

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applied exactly this teaching method 
on many children, his students

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and he saw that 
actually you can apply it

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it can be done and the results are there.

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I am an enthusiastic witness 
about this learning process

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because I saw that my son

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only after two years 
of violin practice

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is now able to play by heart

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more than 50 pieces, 
including highly complex pieces.

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And so, just think about it

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how we could

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apply a method of this kind 
even to other subjects

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such as Maths, 
History, Foreign Languages.

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We would finally 
give the opportunity

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to our children 
to take full advantage

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from this aspect of learning

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which will accompany them 
throughout their lives.

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And this brings us

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to the expression of sincere joy 
I showed you at the beginning

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Imagine your children 
happy to learn

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and highly motivated to do so

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and imagine your happiness

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when you realize 
what you have done for them.

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Thank you.

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