Humane education : the effects of animals in the classroom on children's empathy in Japanese elementary schools
Although humane education, promoting children's kindness toward animals, has been evaluated as a factor influencing children's kindness toward humans later in their life, the effect of a classroom pet hasn't been well studied. The current study investigated the influence of intensifie...
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PDXScholar
2005
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3562 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4569&context=open_access_etds |
| Summary: | Although humane education, promoting children's kindness toward animals, has been evaluated as a factor influencing children's kindness toward humans later in their life, the effect of a classroom pet hasn't been well studied. The current study investigated the influence of intensified daily interactions with living animals in the classroom on the development of empathy among Japanese children. Specifically, the study examined (a) the effect of introducing animals into the classroom on children's empathic behaviors and attitudes, and (b) the generalization of this animal-directed empathy to humans. |
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