HUMANE EDUCATION AND CHILD CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF CORRELATION BETWEEN ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Humane education is an educational program that does not only focus on supporting the animal’s well-being but also generally gives positive impacts children’s character development. Characters were born from process of learning and habit practices carried out at early age. Therefore, should be taught early. Positive development in children, for example, empathy compassion, will contribute to emergence prosocial behavior. This could become preventive action or solution anticipate increasing violence trend directed either humans, animals or, environment.