Abstract
Research suggests that school-based programs can increase the frequencies of children’s prosocial behaviors. However, extant research nearly exclusively studies relatively small studies in Western schools. Through a large evaluation conducted over 3 separate years in 25 public elementary schools in 5 cities across eastern China, we tested whether the Caring for Life humane education program—which employs animal- and nature-related content and activities—improved the prosociality of first and second grade students. Students who participated in the program displayed significantly greater gains in prosociality than similar students who didn’t. Students who participated in an expanded version of the program appeared to realize even greater gains. The study supports the ability of school-based programs to benefit children in the vast but under-studied area of humane education in non-Western cultures.
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