Teaching Compassion: Humane Education in Early Childhood

by Mary Renck Jalongo

Book Overview

In response to highly publicized incidents of school violence, educators across the United States and in many other nations are seeking effective ways to prevent and modify aggressive and anti-social behaviors in students. One of the major recommendations of the research is that efforts to prevent cruelty need to begin early, during the early childhood years of birth through age eight.

The focus of Teaching Compassion: Humane Education...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400769210
• ISBN13: 9789400769212
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"