SECTION I. Compassion and empathy can be learnt.Chapter 1. Theorising compassion and empathy in educational contexts: What are compassion and empathy and why are they important?; Georgina Barton.Chapter 2. Empathy as special form of motor skill that can be trained; Justin H.G. Williams. Chapter 3. "But it wouldn't be me" Exploring empathy and compassion for self and others through creative processes; Melissa Cain.SECTION II. The importance of compassion and empathy for children and young people.Chapter 4. Towards a test driven early childhood education: Alternative practices to testing children; Susanne Garvis, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen and Tina Yngvession.Chapter 5. Compassion in children's peer cultures; Jaakko Hilppö, Antti Rajala, and Lasse Lipponen.Chapter 6. Fostering students' psychological well-being amidst the threat of bullying: Emotional intelligence may hold the key; Neha Kulkarni and Sairaj M. Patki.SECTION III. Compassion and empathy in the curriculum.Chapter 7. When caring counts: Fostering empathy and compassion through the Arts using animation; Susan Chapman.Chapter 8. Peace, Conflict and Empathy: Leveraging violent games for global good; Paul Darvasi.Chapter 9. Exploring how quality children's literature can enhance compassion and empathy in the classroom context; Georgina Barton, Margaret Baguley, Martin Kerby and Abbey Macdonald.SECTION IV. Compassion and empathy for teachers. Chapter 10. Understanding teachers' resilience through compassion and empathy in Hong King; Lai Kuen Brenda Lo and Richard G. Bagnall.- Chapter 11. Early Childhood Education: From maternal care to social compassion; Geoff Taggart.- Chapter 12. Understanding Ethics of care; Lisa Uusimaki and Susanne Garvis.SECTION V. Compassion and empathy in different educational contexts. Chapter 13. Empathy and the landscape of conflict; Margaret Baguley and Martin Kerby.Chapter 14. Pedagogies of empathy-building: Canadian and Azorean perspectives on film-viewing in higher education; Amélie Lemieux, Casey Burkholder and Josélia Mafalda