Education Revolution

Distance Learning Programs with the Institute for Humane Education
Whether you are a concerned citizen, parent, or educator (or all three), our month-long distance learning courses immerse you in connecting with your deepest values and helping create a humane world. Learn more & register: http://humaneeducation.org/sections/view/distance_learning_programs.

RAISING A HUMANE CHILD
A month-long distance learning course for parents who wish to bring the principles and practices of humane education to their child-rearing and family life.

March 1-26, 2010
October 4-29, 2010

Developed for parents with children of any age, Raising a Humane Child will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your children and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

A BETTER WORLD, A MEANINGFUL LIFE
A month-long distance learning course for people who want to put their vision for a better world into practice.

May 3-28, 2010
September 6-October 1, 2010

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Through this month-long course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment.

TEACHING FOR A POSITIVE FUTURE
A month-long distance learning summer institute for educators who want to inspire their students to become leaders and change-makers for a healthy, peaceful, and sustainable world.

July 5-30, 2010

Teaching for a Positive Future is designed to train classroom teachers, community educators and homeschooling parents to effectively teach critical thinking about social justice, environmental ethics, and animal protection, and enhance your students’ understanding that their choices make an impact on themselves, their local community, the fate of other people, other species, and the Earth. The course’s emphasis throughout on building critical thinking skills provides participants with a constructive approach for teaching about complex, controversial issues. You’ll develop new techniques and ideas to revolutionize and revitalize your students’ education and to make your teaching even more rewarding, interesting, and meaningful.

Each course includes:

• a course book
• a booklet of exercises
• links to relevant resources
• access to the Online Commons for engaging with your fellow students and the course advisor(s)
• guidance and feedback from your course advisor(s)
• participation in one or more course salons (conference calls)
• a certificate of completion and/or Continuing Education Credits, if desired