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Steel, Jill; Williams, Joanne M.; McGeown, Sarah – Educational Research, 2022
Background: Animal-assisted Education (AAE), including Reading to Dogs (RTD), is an area of growing interest internationally across all phases of education, and increasingly considered an innovative approach to improving pupil outcomes. As creating RTD interventions necessitates a combination of expertise from the fields of education and…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Educational Researchers, Educational Research, Animals
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Chinedu Obi; Timothy Manyise; Eric Brako Dompreh; Khondker Murshed-e-Jahan; Cristiano M. Rossignoli – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: This study delves into the effectiveness of local service providers (LSP) in improving production outcomes of small-scale aquaculture farmers in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach: To gauge the effectiveness of LSPs, the research employs a performance-based assessment approach, focusing on 1653 fish farming households distributed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Community Services, Community Education
Tanya Kathleen Bailey – ProQuest LLC, 2021
People have long found comfort and support by interacting and sharing their lives with animals, and from this interest has led to a specific modality in human healthcare called Animal-Assisted Interactions (AAI). One application of AAI in higher education has gained much attention in the past 10 years. University campuses are a setting where…
Descriptors: College Students, Mental Health, Animals, Interaction
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David C. Rose; Juliette Schillings; James Breen; Rosie Morrison – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: To evaluate the success of behavioural interventions designed to improve preventative animal health planning by dairy farmers in Wales. Methods: Interviews of farmers, veterinarians; focus group with extension officers; post-hoc written reflections from project managers; survey of farmers and veterinarians; farmer dropout analysis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Medicine
Stephanie G. Persson – Knowledge Quest, 2023
In January 2021 the author read "Hey, Kiddo" by Jarrett Krosoczka. The author connected on so many levels with this graphic novel memoir, and knew that it would speak to their students, as well. Krosoczka not only wrote "Hey, Kiddo," but he illustrated it, as well. The author states they knew the healing impact a book could…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Cartoons, Novels, High School Students
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VonLintel, Jennifer; Bruneau, Laura – Journal of School Counseling, 2021
Animal-assisted interventions intentionally incorporate the power of the human-animal bond into the therapeutic process. Research findings indicate that therapy dog programs can reduce student stress and build connections within the school, strengthening student response to school-based interventions and providing a foundation to achieve a diverse…
Descriptors: Animals, Therapy, Counseling Techniques, School Counselors