Posted on August 23, 2010 by zoeweil
At the U.S. Department of Education blog, readers are invited to answer this question: What is the biggest challenge facing education today? I wrote the following, and I hope you will share your thoughts as well: I believe the biggest challenge in education today is that our current purpose for schooling is inadequate. We are [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2010 by zoeweil
Last week, we hosted 23 people, children and adults from local Camp Featherfoot for a day of reverence-building activities. Our summer intern, Emily Peake, introduced the group to such activities as Wonder Walk, Find Your Tree, Smell Teas, Seton Watching, and Gnome House Building and Ecology Discussion. Watching the children share their love of these [...]
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Posted on August 9, 2010 by zoeweil
On September 6, the Institute for Humane Education (IHE) will be offering its acclaimed course: A Better World, A Meaningful Life. This month-long, distance learning course is meant for everyone who wants to deeply assess their lives and values and explore how to create changes that add meaning to their own lives while making a [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2010 by zoeweil
On July 17, I was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame. To me, this award is a validation of the power of humane education to help create a compassionate world. Having spent my life teaching about the interconnections between human rights, animal protection, and environmental preservation, it’s incredible to have this vision [...]
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Posted on July 28, 2010 by zoeweil
For 8 1/2 years, the Institute for Humane Education (IHE), the organization I co-founded in 1996, has been blessed by Khalif Williams. He joined our organization as an office manager and development director in 2002, and two years later became our executive director. Khalif has not only been a tremendous asset to our organization and [...]
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Posted on July 21, 2010 by zoeweil
At our Summer Institute for teachers at the Institute for Humane Education, participant Betsy Messenger, who is the humane educator at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary in New York, created a lesson on animal issues that was so effective and powerful, I wanted to share it with you. She gathered our group outside and “borrowed” my [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2010 by zoeweil
During our Summer Institute, June 28-July 2, we introduce the participants to a form of nature observation called “Seton watching.” Each of us finds a place at the Institute for Humane Education’s meadow, woods, or by the pond to sit and observe a small window of nature for 25 minutes. It’s always remarkable how much [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2010 by zoeweil
During our Summer Institute for teachers, June 28-July 2, participants offered the group short presentations on any humane education topic. Andy Beardsley, a high school English teacher, explored superheroes with us and then invited us to consider what superhero we would be, what powers we would have, and how our superhero story would originate were [...]
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Posted on July 9, 2010 by zoeweil
Last week twelve educators gathered for the Institute for Humane Education’s summer training institute for teachers. One teacher came from down the road a half mile, and another from Hong Kong. We ranged in age from 19 to 69. What we had in common was an interest in bringing the most pressing issues of our [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2010 by zoeweil
I received a packet of thank you letters from a middle school class that I taught for several days, and I wanted to share some excerpts with you: “I was blown away by all of the surprising discoveries you talked about…. I liked the idea that we get to discover so much by ourselves about [...]
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