Tag Archives: teaching

Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Animal Welfare: Three Examples of Exceptional Educators

Posted on April 8, 2013 by emily douglas

In his 1985 presidential address to the American Educational Research Association, Lee Shulman proposed a new domain of teacher knowledge which has since become a cornerstone of research and practice in teacher education: pedagogical content knowledge. Pedagogical content knowledge–known lovingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Animal behavior and training, Best Friends Animal Society, Teaching and learning, Uncategorized | Tagged advocacy, animal behavior and training, animal welfare, Best Friends Animal Society, breed discrimination, breed specific legislation, communication, Doggie Drawings, education, Kim Wolf, Lee Shulman, Lili Chin, No More Homeless Pets, pedagogical content knowledge, safe and humane communities, Sophia Yin, teacher education, teaching, teaching and learning | 1 Comment

Obsession with breed: As troublesome as discrimination against it

Posted on August 29, 2012 by emily douglas

In light of the current political context surrounding both the teaching profession and pit bull welfare right now, I thought this could use a repost. This piece was originally posted in March of 2012. Most of my professional experience has … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Best Friends Animal Society, Teaching and learning | Tagged animal rescue, animal welfare, Best Friends Animal Society, breed discrimination, BSL, dog behavior, dog breeds, dog rescue, dog training, dogs, education, humane education, pit bull, pit bull rescue, professional community, rescue volunteer, teacher training, teaching | 7 Comments

Want a positive relationship with your dog? Then look to the “negative space” for training help.

Posted on August 27, 2012 by emily douglas

The following is a repost of an article I wrote a little over a year ago titled “Learning to move in the negative space.” After spending some time observing my fellow dog owners in a recent training workshop, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching and learning, Uncategorized | Tagged art, art instruction, dog behavior, dog obedience, dog trainers, dog training, dog training classes, dogs, learning, negative space, positive dog training, teaching | 16 Comments

Pondering bumper stickers and Defining disciplinary expertise: A follow-up to my dog training non-controversy post

Posted on July 29, 2012 by emily douglas

For many years, I never wanted to be one of those people with bumper stickers on my car. (Although I do confess to having sported a few LA Kings stickers during my ultra-fanatical hockey phase in high school.) Because I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal behavior and training, Teaching and learning, Uncategorized | Tagged animal behavior, animal expert, animal rights, animal trainer, animal training, art and science of animal behavior, BARK magazine, behavior consultant, Cesar Milan, clicker training, climate change and dog training, disciplinary expertise, disciplinary literacy, dog aggression, dog behavior, dog behavior consultant, dog books, dog collars, dog expert, dog rescue, Dog Sense, dog trainer, dog training, Dominance theory, e-collar, education, ethology, expert, expertise, humane education, IAABC, Ian Dunbar, Jean Donaldson, John Bradshaw, learning, Lee Shulman, literacy, Marc Bekoff, Nicholas Dodman, NILF, NPR, operant conditioning, Patricia McConnell, Pavlov, pit bull, pit bull rescue. animal welfare, positive reinforcement training, practitioner, preaching to the choir, professional expertise, prong collar, punitive collar, relationship-based training, relationship-based traning, research on dogs, shock collar, Sophia Yin, teaching, teaching and learning, zoology | 1 Comment

Photos of the Day

Posted on July 20, 2012 by emily douglas

We were back today for round two of our visits to Camp PAWS at our local humane society, and Peaches once again did her best to get in as many neck kisses, head massages, butt hugs and full body squeezes … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Teaching and learning, Therapy Dogs or dogs in need of therapy, Uncategorized | Tagged american staffordshire terrier, animal shelter, Ann Arbor, dogs, humane education, Humane Society of Huron Valley, kids and dogs, Michigan, peaches, pit bull, rescue dogs, teaching, teaching and learning, therapy dogs | 1 Comment

Therapy Dogs: Not Born, Not Made, but Shaped

Posted on March 7, 2012 by emily douglas

As an inherently romantic society, we Americans love talking about how we were “born to” do something. “I was born to run.” “She was born a gifted writer.” “He was born to do this kind of work.” . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Animal behavior and training, Teaching and learning, Therapy Dogs or dogs in need of therapy, Uncategorized | Tagged dog behavior, dog rescue, dog training, dogs, Patricia McConnell, pit bulls, puppies, teaching, therapy dogs | 7 Comments

Learning to move in the “negative space”

Posted on April 19, 2011 by emily douglas

Every discipline includes a number of fundamental concepts that help guide both novice learning and expert practice in the field. Mathematics teachers know that students must understand the properties of real numbers before algebraic thinking is possible, and history teachers … Continue reading →

Tag Archives: teaching

Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Animal Welfare: Three Examples of Exceptional Educators

Obsession with breed: As troublesome as discrimination against it

Want a positive relationship with your dog? Then look to the “negative space” for training help.

Pondering bumper stickers and Defining disciplinary expertise: A follow-up to my dog training non-controversy post

Photos of the Day

Therapy Dogs: Not Born, Not Made, but Shaped

Learning to move in the “negative space”

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