Animal Lessons

Animal Lessons
Author: Kelly Oliver
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2009
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0231147279

Philosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that "man" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex, their habits, and our perception of their purpose, animals show us how not to be them. This kinship plays out in a number of ways. We sacrifice animals to establish human kinship, but without the animal, the bonds of "brotherhood" fall apart. Either kinship with animals is possible or kinship with humans is impossible. Philosophy holds that humans and animals are distinct, but in defending this position, the discipline depends on a discourse that relies on the animal for its very definition of the human. Through these and other examples, Oliver does more than just establish an animal ethics. She transforms ethics by showing how its very origin is dependent upon the animal. Examining for the first time the treatment of the animal in the work of Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Agamben, Freud, Lacan, and Kristeva, among others, Animal Lessons argues that the animal bites back, thereby reopening the question of the animal for philosophy.

Animal Teachers

Animal Teachers
Author: Janet Halfmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781609053918

What's a great way for kids to learn about learning? Tell them how animal parents teach their young!

The Human Being and the Animal World

The Human Being and the Animal World
Author: Charles Kovacs
Publisher: Floris Books
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1782506985

This is a resource book for teaching about animals in comparison to human beings. It is recommended for Classes 4 and 5 (age 9 to 11) in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum. Charles Kovacs taught in Edinburgh so there is a Scottish flavour to the animals discussed in the first half of the book, including seals, red deer and eagles. In the later chapters, he covers elephants, horses and bears.

When Fur and Feather Get Together

When Fur and Feather Get Together
Author: David R. Margrave
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781945507724

Embracing the enduring themes of family, fun, learning and visual delight, a father and child enjoy a lazy day together while learning what different animal groups are called. Full color.

Animals in Schools

Animals in Schools
Author: Helena Pedersen
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2010
Genre: Animal welfare
ISBN: 155753523X

Animals in Schools explores important questions in the field of critical animal studies and education by close examination of a wide range of educational situations and classroom activities. How are human-animal relations expressed and discussed in school? How do teachers and students develop strategies to handle ethical conflicts arising from the ascribed position of animals as accessible to human control, use, and killing? How do schools deal with topics such as zoos, hunting, and meat consumption? These are questions that have profound implications for education and society. They are graphically described, discussed, and rendered problematic based on detailed ethnographic research and are analyzed by means of a synthesis of perspectives from critical theory, gender, and postcolonial thought. Animals in Schools makes human-animal relations a crucial issue for pedagogical theory and practice. In the various physical and social dimensions of the school environment, a diversity of social representations of animals are produced and reproduced. These representations tell stories about human-animal boundaries and identities and bring to the fore a complex set of questions about domination and subordination, normativity and deviance, rationality and empathy, as well as possibilities of resistance and change.

Teaching the Animal

Teaching the Animal
Author: Margo DeMello
Publisher: Lantern Books
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1590562615

Split into three sections, Teaching the Animal provides in-depth analysis of the nature of the discipline, the resources available, expectations of students and faculty, and a number of sample curricula in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and the natural sciences.

What's New at the Zoo?

What's New at the Zoo?
Author: Suzanne Slade
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1607180588

Travel through the zoo and learn about zoo animals through rhyme. Count up all of the animals you have seen. Includes section "For Creative Minds" with cards and activities.

What If You Had Animal Teeth?

What If You Had Animal Teeth?
Author: Sandra Markle
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-01-31
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1338182560

If you could have any animal's front teeth, whose would you choose? What If You Had Animal Teeth!? takes children on a fun, informative, and imaginative journey as they explore what it would be like if their own front teeth were replaced by those of a different animal. Featuring a dozen animals (beaver, great white shark, narwhal, elephant, rattlesnake, naked mole rat, hippopotamus, crocodile, and more), this book explores how different teeth are especially adapted for an animal's survival. At the end of the book, children will discover why their own teeth are just right for them. And they'll also get a friendly reminder to take good care of their teeth, because they're the only teeth they'll ever have. Each spread features a photograph of the animal using its specialized teeth on the left and a humorous illustrated image of a child using that animal's teeth on the right.

Animals and Society

Animals and Society
Author: Margo DeMello
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 0231152957

This textbook provides a full overview of human-animal studies. It focuses on the conceptual construction of animals in American culture and the way in which it reinforces and perpetuates hierarchical human relationships rooted in racism, sexism, and class privilege.