Humane Education addresses how we treat each other, our environment and all living creatures. It illuminates the power and impact of EMPATHY while creating positive change, empowering our students and systemically resolving bullying issues in our schools .
** ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS **
**HUMAN RIGHTS**
**ANIMAL ADVOCACY**
Children are naturally compassionate. It is from this foundation we can intrinsically and systemically address the bullying issues that exists in our schools and classrooms. Empathy Education is the key.
Animals and Anti-Bullying? What's the Connection?
"Once we become alert to the various ways in which the lives of animals intersect with ours, we can take advantage of this relationship to provide children with the opportunity to grow empathetically....it is both a cognitive and emotional skill." Doris Day Animal League Empathy Curriculum.
Why it works is simple, says Finn-Stevenson: "Children have an affinity for animals. When animals are the topic of their writing or reading exercises, they are engaged". USA TODAY OCT 2012
"Empathy is about 'connecting'...bullying, conversely, is about "disconnection." We must change from re-acting against bullying, to pro-acting for empathy." Diane Murrell, Clinical Social Worker.
Research results from immersion of Humane Education Curriculums implemented over a year in one school district! (As reported in USA Today 2012)
Suspensions decreased by 55%
Aggression decreased by 62%
Empathy increased by 42%
School officials reported less bullying and violence
“Even academic scores went up!” cites a group’s studies comparing standardized test scores a year before and a year after implementation of HUMANE EDUCATION
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Humane Education and the Anti-Bullying Connection
K-12 Curriculum Resource for Teachers
CONTACT
For more information about how you can implement Humane Education and Empathy lessons and activites and in your classroom or to address bullying issues in your building
please contact me at:
Corinne Morton
cmorton@icsd.k12.ny.us
or
renecorinne_37@hotmail.com
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