Hunde im Schulalltag

Andrea Beetz

Dogs in Schools’ Everyday Life
Basics and practice

(Hunde im Schulalltag. Grundlagen und Praxis.)

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Publication date: 2012
158 pages, 15 illustrations
List price: € 24.90
(978-3-497-02319-6) pb

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Schools need Dogs

• Finally, well-founded background information for a continuously growing practice
• What’s the additional benefit of a school dog?
• Suggestions and ideas for deploying dogs at all school types

School dogs are becoming more and more popular and can be found at a constantly growing number of schools. But why does it make sense to take a dog to school with you? What does the perfect school dog look like and what are the things teachers and pedagogues should pay special attention to?
The author provides answers to these and other questions on the basis of a solid scientific background. Among other things, she presents an explanation model regarding why the deployment of dogs at schools can have a positive impact on educational processes.
By providing more information on dog training and dog handling, legal basics and other topics, the book becomes an indispensable reference work for all who wish to deploy dogs at schools.

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The author
Dr. Andrea Beetz degree in psychology, teaches and does research e.g. on man-animal relationships at Rostock university.

Target groups
Teachers, educators and (social) pedagogues in training and at work, who wish to deploy dogs at school, people in charge at schools.

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