IN AWE - Objectives

The objectives of the Global ‘IN AWE’ Programme are:

To gain governments’ support for animal welfare education.
To promote animal welfare education programmes which take into account the appropriate:

To provide professional support for teachers to implement animal welfare activities.
To provide those who wish to include animal welfare education within their educational system with a global picture of how such an initiative is being tackled internationally. Existing good practice and resources from other countries can be adapted if required.
To assist the growth of knowledge of animal welfare and animal welfare education by providing an opportunity to share and disseminate new knowledge and existing good practice.

There are four key components that support the ‘IN AWE’ programme which include:

Partnerships and Networking with governments, teachers, teacher training providers, education institutes, member societies and other NGO’s to form a global animal welfare education alliance.

Research and Development: (i) research into education systems in different countries to find the best way of implementing animal welfare education into school curricula (ii) contributing to existing academic research and encouraging further research in the field of animal welfare education (iii) the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of pilot projects and of fully implemented animal welfare education programmes.

Content of the programme, including educationally sound methodologies and guidelines, the development of new materials or adaptation of existing high quality resources.

Professional Support (i) in-service for teachers and practitioners (already working in classrooms) and (ii) initial teacher training/education for students (at college/university level).