The Role of Humane Education in Achieving Lasting Behaviour Change Africa Animal Welfare Conference Overview: Sustainable solutions for creating change with education at the core How humane education helps develop change at the personal and community level ICHE and need/ Evaluation results (affective learning half as large as the cognitive learning) 2017

The Promise of Humane education Encourages empathy and compassion toward people, animals, and our environment Builds perspective for others (human and animal) Helps people recognize the interconnection among the three components and how prosocial or positive feelings and actions creates a positive impact in multiple ways Humane education involves far more than the teaching of animal-related content and lessons. Humane educators teach about animal welfare, environmental, and civic and social justice topics. Through the concepts involved in humane education each educator has the chance to assist students and communities in developing compassion, a sense of fairness and justice, and respect for all living beings. Humane educators are also tasked with the important role of modeling and providing the necessary resources so that students practice these behaviors and principles in their daily lives and that humane concepts are affirmed in the personal lives of their students.

Organization Shares Responsibility for Animal Welfare Community Takes Responsibility for Animal Welfare

Organization Shares Responsibility for Animal Welfare Community Takes Responsibility for Animal Welfare

Organization Shares Responsibility for Animal Welfare Veterinary Training Teacher Children’s Education (cognitive) Community (mechanistic) (affective) (empathic) Animal Health Services Awareness Husbandry Skills & Provision Community Takes Responsibility for Animal Welfare

How do we Connect to more than the cognitive? Humane Education and the Prosocial Teacher ¦ October 2017

What is your reaction? Look closely at the photos What do you KNOW? What do you FEEL? What do you WANT TO DO? These photos most likely activated your brain and your three domains of learning ---cognitive-affective-psychomotor We naturally incorporate emotion into our learning and into our choices. It is often an unconscious choice and action is based on belief.

How do we reach more than just the cognitive? Head Affective Heart Psychomotor Hands So, how do we reach people at more than a factual or cognitive level so we can bring about lasting behaviour change? First, as Stephen mentioned we must provide the facts or the awareness building. The cognitive component is important, it is the core. But then, we must acknowledge the power of the affective domain – our emotional connection to ideas and knowledge. As Stephen stated, when we reach only the cognitive domain and teach only facts, we are not creating the long-term change needed to help empower people. We must engage learners in our community by developing outreach and education materials that reach their head, heart, and hands. I encourage you to think about how each domain is related and how the connection between the affective and cognitive domain specifically relate to the work done in humane and prosocial education. As you create materials promoting humane ethics, you will be teaching the whole child.

Cognitive Domain Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge Focuses on intellectual skills Core domain We are going to spend some time looking at the idea of learning and how learning, feeling, and acting or behavior are connected. A lot of what we will review was spearheaded by Dr. Benjamin Bloom. The original taxonomy (the cognitive domain on the left) was created in 1956 under the leadership of educational psychologist Dr. Benjamin Bloom in order to promote higher forms of thinking in education. Another way to think about the domains and how they are connected is to think of them as “the full body” of learning. They work together and all require a cognitive component. The cognitive domain is the main domain and focuses on intellectual skills; or mental skills of knowledge. We need this in order to know enough to take action and feel connected to academics-just like in the discussion about the photos.

Characterizing by Value Set Affective Domain Characterizing by Value Set Organization Valuing Responding Receiving Our attitudes and motivation How we value what is being learned Emotional connection to the world around us and what we choose to do The affective domain refers to growth in feelings or emotional areas; it deals with attitudes, motivation, willingness to participate, valuing what is being learned, and ultimately incorporating the values of a discipline into a way of life. The affective domain refers to emotions as well as their outward expression.

psychomotor Domain Naturalization Articulation Precision Manipulation Imitation Reflex Movements Physical action and skills; behavior Connected to the Affective Domain: the power that motivates any effort or action; desire or will to perform an action The Psychomotor domain includes physical and motor (or muscular) skills. In learning there is a progression from mere physical experience - seeing, touching, moving etc. - through the carrying out of complex skills under guidance, to the performance of skilled activities independently. The psychomotor domain refers to physical skills – in humane and prosocial education, think of this domain as the practice for prosocial behavior that helps it to become muscle memory/ skilled movement It is related to Conation (the component of mind) -The aspect of mental processes or behavior directed toward action or change and including impulse, desire, volition, and striving; an inclination to act purposefully; It is closely associated with the concept of volition, defined as the use of will, or the freedom to make choices about what to do (Kane, 1985; Mischel, 1996). It is absolutely critical if an individual is to successfully engage in self-direction and self-regulation. conation is necessary to explain how knowledge and emotion are translated into behavior in human beings. ------------------------------------------- The Three Domains of Learning Three domains of educational activities or learning were identified (Bloom, 1956): Cognitive: mental skills (knowledge) Affective: growth in feelings or emotional areas (attitude or self) Psychomotor: manual or physical skills (skills) -------------------------------------- http://www.rocori.k12.mn.us/i-learn-research-expansion http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/conation/conation.html

The Learning Domains Working Together = Behaviour change Cognitive Head Affective Heart Psychomotor Hands

Humane Education In Practice Model humane behaviors; provide alternatives to inhumane behavior Ask open-ended questions Share stories to enhance empathy Ask learners to think about their beliefs Develop projects that empower children to make age-appropriate changes to solve a problem Give students responsibility to practice new humane behaviours Allow children to practice caring for pretend equid to reinforce positive habits Review a few of these- focusing on the items that can be for both adults and children Note that Christelle will be utilizing some of these in her lesson presentation Share example of goal of good equid care and allowing for hands-on practice while young Citation: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED343693.pdf

International Certificate in Humane Education Building Capacity through Education Supporting Positive Community Change for People, Animals, and the Environment Humane education is: empowering people to solve problems and take care of needs

Stephen Albone Ph.D., CHES Stephanie Itle-Clark Ed.D., CHES Humane Education and the Prosocial Teacher ¦ October 2017