Humane education and classroom pets. In grade school, did your teacher have a pet in the classroom? Many teachers do so in order to promote humane education.

The Journal of Moral Education (Mar. 2010) published a study designed to examine elementary school teachers’
experiences with humane education and animals in the classroom. Based on a survey of 75 elementary school teachers, the following results were reported:

a. Explain why the data collected are qualitative.

b. For each survey question, summarize the results with a graph.

c. For this sample of 75 teachers, write two or three sentences describing their experience with humane education and classroom pets.

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Survey Question Response Number of Teachers Q1: Do you keep Yes 61 classroom pets? No 14 Q2: Do you allow visits by pets? Yes 35 No 40 Q3: What formal humane education program does your school employ? Character counts Roots of empathy 21 9 Teacher designed 3 Other None 14 28