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What is Humane Education? |
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Thursday, 27 April 2006 |
- Humane Education is a process through which learners are assisted in developing compassion, a sense of justice, and respect for the value of all life.
- It provides the knowledge and understanding necessary for learners to behave according to these principles, and
- It fosters a sense of responsibility on the part of the learners to affirm and to act upon their personal beliefs
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Caring Classrooms in Action in South Africa |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
Previously Disadvantaged School may become a Role-Model for Humane Education
Does Humane Education promote better behaviour among learners? Does it create a foundation for moral integrity and community upliftment?
School Principal, Mr Wilfred Scholtz is putting this to the test in his school, in a two-year-long pilot project in partnership with the Humane Education Trust.
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Education - 3 Rs to become 4 Rs? |
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Friday, 20 October 2006 |
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Education - Why the traditional 3 Rs must become the 4 Rs.
 A Cape Town school teacher was invited to present the concept of Humane Education to a United Nations Forum on Sustainable Development in New York on September 7, 2006.
"The development of empathy in learners is vital for human security and sustainable development," said Vivienne Rutgers, who has spent the last three years helping to align Humane Education with the National Curriculum in South Africa. "I am totally convinced that the inculcation of ethics and values in society has fallen on the shoulders of educators, like myself, and it is something we dare not shrug off."
"I do not believe that we can solve violence in our society with high fences and razor wire. If we are to fight violence effectively, we will have to reach into the hearts of learners and develop that vital quality called 'empathy'."
"That is why the traditional 3 Rs must become the 4 Rs - Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmatic and Respect for all life."
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