The Educational Significance of Human and Non-Human Animal Interactions : Blurring the Species Line

"The lives of animals and humans are deeply intertwined and mutually influencing. In recent years, there has been a growing appreciation of ways in which the interactions of human animals and non-human animals matter educationally. This book seeks to contribute to the ongoing conversation about animals and education"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-12 (Un)Learning Anthropocentrism: An EcoJustice Framework for Teaching to Resist Human-Supremacy in Schools....Pages 13-30 Challenging Anthropocentrism in Education: Posthumanist Intersectionality and Eating Animals as Gastro-Aesthetic Pedagogy....Pages 31-49 Transcending the Student Skin Bag: The Educational Implications of Monsters, Animals, and Machines....Pages 51-67 What Did Your Vet Learn in School Today? The Hidden Curriculum of Veterinary Education....Pages 69-86 Educational Experiences in Prison: Greyhounds and Humans Teaching and Learning Together....Pages 87-99 Experience, Strength, and Hope: An Analysis of Animal Interaction with Alcoholism and Recovery....Pages 101-116 Lessons from Animals, Real and Imaginary, in the Work of Theodor Geisel....Pages 117-131 The Work of Literature in a Multispecies World....Pages 133-149 Interspecies Encounters: A Prolegomenon to Educational Thought Experimentation on Befriending Animals....Pages 151-172 Overcoming Veneer Theory: Animal Sympathy....Pages 173-190 Vermin, the Proximate and Often Unpleasant Stranger....Pages 191-202 Schweitzer, Dewey, and a Reverent, Rewilded Education....Pages 203-214 Afterword....Pages 215-226 Back Matter....Pages 227-234 "The Educational Significance of Human and Non-Human Animal Interactions explores human animal/non-human animal interactions from different disciplinary perspectives, from education policy to philosophy of education and ecopedagogy. The authors refute the idea of anthropocentrism (the belief that human beings are the central or most significant species on the planet) through an ethical investigation into animal and human interactions, and 'real-life' examples of humans and animals living and learning together. In doing so, Rice and Rud outline the idea that interactions between animals and humans are educationally significant and vital in the classroom"-- Provided by publisher