Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
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 increased competencies in areas such as kinesthetic, spatial, artistic, and interpersonal in a way that traditional didactic and educator‐centered learning does not.
Recommended Citation
Itle-Clark, S. (2014). Increasing student engagement through animal welfare education and service. Living Education eMagazine, 42-43, 57-58.
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Humane Education Commons, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons
Comments
In compliance with the publisher’s copyright and archiving policies, this is a post-print version of the document. Post-print materials contain the same content as their final edited versions, but are not formatted according to the layout of the published book or journal.
Link