human education Archives

Teaching and Learning About Islamophobia

Resources (books, articles, videos, lesson plans and more) to help learn and teach about issues related to Islamophobia.

Teaching About Elections and Voting

Resources (books, lesson plans, videos, articles, etc.) for helping students explore important issues related to U.S. elections and voting.

Syria

Find suggested resources about what’s happening in Syria to help you learn and/or teach about this topic.

Social Psychology & Cognitive Science

Resources about why we make the choices we do, what influences us, and what humane educators and changemakers need to know to be more effective in inspiring others to make positive changes.

Refugee and Immigration Issues

Find books, articles, videos, lesson plans & more related to refugee and immigration issues to help you teach and/or learn more about this global ethical issue.

Setting Up a Humane Education Classroom for Middle and High School Teachers

Find resources, lesson plans, strategies and more to help (especially new) middle and high school teachers set up your classrooms to invite and explore humane education values, issues, and principles.

Setting Up a Humane Education Classroom for Elementary School Teachers

Find resources, lesson plans, strategies and more to help (especially new) elementary school teachers set up your classrooms to invite and explore humane education values, issues, and principles.

Stories of Solutionaries & Changemakers

Stories of adult and youth changemakers and solutionaries who are working for a better world to inspire and empower yourself and others.

Ending the Violence With Meaningful Solutions

Posted on July 11, 2016 | by Zoe Weil | 5 Comments

I am a humane educator, a person dedicated to creating a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world through education. This past week’s killings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and five Dallas police officers underscore the necessity of educating a generation of solutionaries who have the capacity and the will to prevent such violence from continuing…

The World Becomes What We Teach

Zoe Weil—author, educator, and president of the Institute for Humane Education—describes how we can (and must) transform education and teaching; create such a generation; and build such a future.