Why Humane Education?
Children learn far more by example than by spoken words. When a teacher asks children to be kind and compassionate toward other living beings, but inadvertently causes them to suffer, the student ignores the words and copies the behavior he or she sees. The teacher who preaches kindness to others, but allows children to crowd around a dog and frighten her, for example, or who steps on an insect in the classroom rather than opening a window and letting the insect go free, has taught his or her students the wrong message. Providing teachers with humane education materials alone is not enough. The attitude of the teacher is as important as the facts he or she transmits. Teachers develop a deep understanding that every lifestyle choice made by an individual can have either a positive or a negative effect on our world — on animals, the environment, and other people. We show teachers how to help their students make compassionate choices. We have embarked on this program of humane education t
