FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPATHY STUDENTS IN INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS

Abstract

Inclusive education is a form of educational equality in Indonesia that aims to overcome various
educational problems for Children with Special Needs (ABK) who carry out learning activities
through public or regular schools by using existing resources to create opportunities for their
preparation for life in society. In its implementation, there are problems in inclusive education
due to the lack of empathy between regular and ABK students. Empathy is the ability to understand
other people's feelings. Increasing empathy needs to be a priority in creating optimal inclusive
education. The method used in this research is a literature review. This literature review aims to
see what factors influence regular students' empathy towards students with special needs in
inclusive schools. The review was carried out on an online database, namely Google Scholar, on
8 articles based on inclusion criteria. The results of the literature research show that there are
factors that influence regular students' empathy towards ABK students, namely social support,
perception, teacher communication strategies, school-based educational interventions, level of
education and gender, child-friendly learning programs, group guidance using photovoice
techniques, and psychodrama.