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Rule, Audrey C.; Montgomery, Sarah E.; Vander Zanden, Sarah M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
Nonfiction stories of animal compassion were used in this literacy-social studies integrated lesson to address both efferent and aesthetic stances in transmediation of text from picture books to maps. Preservice early childhood and elementary teachers chose places from the nine recent children's stories, symbolizing them on a map while…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Animals
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Vockell, Edward L.; Hodal, Frank – Children's Environments Quarterly, 1984
Reviews research on: (1) measuring humane attitudes; (2) American attitudes toward animal life; (3) strategies of humane education; and (4) attitude improvement. Indicates there is reliable evidence that attitudes of Americans toward animal life are strongly negative and that this negativeness increases as children grow older. (JN)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Animals, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures
Hairston, Rosalina V., Ed. – 1990
This monograph discusses the care and maintenance of animals, suggests some alternative teaching strategies, and affirms the value of teaching biology as the study of living organisms, rather than dead specimens. The lessons in this monograph are intended as guidelines that teachers should adapt for their own particular classroom needs. Chapter 1,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anatomy, Animal Facilities, Biology