Teaching kindness: The promise of humane education

Society and Animals

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-148

  Arbour, R ^a   Signal, T ^a   Taylor, N ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CTAQ; Empathy; Humane education

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68249137006     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853009X418073     Document Type: Article

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