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Annotated Bibliography: Environmental Education (1998-2013), Erich Yahner Sep 2014

Annotated Bibliography: Environmental Education (1998-2013), Erich Yahner

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Annotated Bibliography: Moral & Character Education (1998-2013), Erich Yahner Sep 2014

Annotated Bibliography: Moral & Character Education (1998-2013), Erich Yahner

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Annotated Bibliography: Humane Education (1998-2013), Erich Yahner Sep 2014

Annotated Bibliography: Humane Education (1998-2013), Erich Yahner

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Annotated Bibliography: Altruism, Empathy, And Prosocial Behavior (1998-2013), Erich Yahner Sep 2014

Annotated Bibliography: Altruism, Empathy, And Prosocial Behavior (1998-2013), Erich Yahner

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Conscientious Objection To Harmful Animal Use Within Veterinary And Other Biomedical Education, Andrew Knight Jan 2014

Conscientious Objection To Harmful Animal Use Within Veterinary And Other Biomedical Education, Andrew Knight

Science Education and Alternative Methods Collection

Laboratory classes in which animals are seriously harmed or killed, or which use cadavers or body parts from ethically debatable sources, are controversial within veterinary and other biomedical curricula. Along with the development of more humane teaching methods, this has increasingly led to objections to participation in harmful animal use. Such cases raise a host of issues of importance to universities, including those pertaining to curricular design and course accreditation, and compliance with applicable animal welfare and antidiscrimination legislation. Accordingly, after detailed investigation, some universities have implemented formal policies to guide faculty responses to such cases, and to ensure that …


Increasing Student Engagement Through Animal Welfare Education And Service, Stephanie Itle-Clark Jan 2014

Increasing Student Engagement Through Animal Welfare Education And Service, Stephanie Itle-Clark

Education Collection

Student engagement is for the most part driven by three factors, “underlying need for competence, the extent to which students experience membership in the school, and the authenticity” of the task they are given. Animal welfare education and correlated service‐learning can address all three of these factors. In addition, for the many students who have traditionally written‐off school and school sponsored functions, personal and authentic learning can assist in rebuilding trust in the educational system. Authentic learning built around animal welfare education and animal welfare topics that impact the real world or personal neighborhoods of students encourages brain growth and …