Teaching Compassion: Humane Education in Early Childhood

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Renck Jalongo, Mary (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Educating the Young Child, Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice ; 8
• Θέματα: Education.; Teaching.; Child development.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Childhood Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Psychology.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Child and School Psychology.

In response to highly publicized incidents of school violence, educators across the United States and in many other nations are seeking effective ways to prevent and modify aggressive and anti-social behaviors in students. One of the major recommendations of the research is that efforts to prevent c...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword; Mary Rivkin
• Part One: Foundations of Humane Education
• Editor’s Introduction
• 1. Humane Education and the Development of Empathy in Early Childhood:  Definition, Rationale and Outcomes; Mary Renck Jalongo
• 2. Short-Term Interventions that Accomplish Humane Education Goals: An International Review of the Research; Virginio Aguirre and Agustín Orihuela
• 3. Using Interactions between Children and Companion Animals to Build Skill in Self-Regulation and Emotional Regulation; Wanda Boyer
• 4. Teaching Preservice Early Childhood Educators about Humane Education; Tunde Szecsi
• 5. Humane Education and Education for Sustainable Development:  Educational Initiatives with Common Goals; Nicole B. Stants
• Part Two: Homes and Communities
• 6. Animals in the Family:  Antecedents of Compassion and Violence; Marjorie L. Stanek
• 7. Including Animals in Play Therapy for Young Children and Families; Risë VanFleet
• 8. Foundational Humane Education:  Love of Nature and Affinity for Animals; Nancy Bires
• 9. Collaborating to Create Community Disaster Plans That Save Human and Animal Lives; Holly Travis
• Part Three: Humane Education in the Early Childhood Curriculum and Beyond
• 10. The Role of Therapy Animals in Promoting Humane Education Concepts; Lori Friesen
• 11. Beyond Words—Using Language and Literature to Teach Compassion for Others; Patricia A. Crawford
• 12. Initiatives of Intermountain Therapy Animals, Inc. that Promote Humane Education; Kathy Klotz
• 13. Guardians of the Earth:  Teaching Children to Care for All Living Things; Audrey Rule and Ksenia S. Zhbanova
• 14. Humane Education in the Early Childhood Science Curriculum; Amanda K. Onion
• Epilogue: The Promise of Humane Education in the Early Years; Zoe Weil.        .