Overview
- Shows how infusing humane education into the curriculum teaches children to be kind
- Offers ideas to support the goal of promoting positive behavior in the very young
- One of the first books to show what humane education in early childhood looks like in classrooms, teacher preparation and in the community
- Gathers together the interdisciplinary perspectives of professionals dedicated to the care and education of the very young
- Shows how the concept of humane education emphasizes both cognitive and affective goals
Part of the book series: Educating the Young Child (EDYC, volume 8)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations of Humane Education
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Homes and Communities
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Humane Education in the Early Childhood Curriculum and Beyond
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Keywords
- animals in play therapy for young children
- early childhood education
- early childhood science curriculum
- environmental education
- humane education in the early years
- interactions between children and companion animals
- role of therapy animals
- science education
- self-regulation and emotional regulation
- socio-emotional development
- sustainable development
- learning and instruction
About this book
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 cruelty need to begin early, during the early childhood years of birth through age eight.
The focus of Teaching Compassion: Humane Education in Early Childhood is guiding young children to accept responsibility for and to be kind in their interactions with fellow human beings, animals and the environment. Although humane education is a relatively new concept in the field of early childhood education, professionals in the field are very familiar with many of the related concepts, including: promoting positive interpersonal interactions, teaching children the skills of self-regulation, giving children experience in caring for living things and protecting the environment. This edited volume is an interdisciplinary compendium of professional wisdom gathered from experts in the fields of education, child development, science, psychology, sociology and humane organizations. As the book amply documents, the concept of humane education is powerful, integrative, timely and appropriate in work with young children.
Teaching Compassion: Humane Education in Early Childhood shows how it is possible for adults dedicated to the care and education of young children to balance attention to the cognitive and affective realms and, in so doing, to elevate the overall quality of early childhood programs for children, families and communities.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teaching Compassion: Humane Education in Early Childhood
Editors: Mary Renck Jalongo
Series Title: Educating the Young Child
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6922-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6921-2Published: 06 August 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9621-8Published: 07 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6922-9Published: 23 July 2013
Series ISSN: 2543-0610
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0629
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 240
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Learning & Instruction, Educational Psychology, Teaching and Teacher Education, Child and School Psychology