Dogs in Learning: Transforming Education

Christina Birbil; Theo Koutsopoulos; Cathy Makropoulos; Alessandra Sax; Stefanos Gialamas; Konstantinos Koutsopoulos

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Dogs in Learning: Transforming Education

Christina Birbil, Theo Koutsopoulos, Cathy Makropoulos, Alessandra Sax, Stefanos Gialamas, Konstantinos Koutsopoulos

Published in International Journal of Elementary Education (Volume 4, Issue 2)

Received: 15 January 2015 Accepted: 1 February 2015 Published: 2 March 2015

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Abstract

Every academic institution is clearly obliged to have great aspirations for its students. In addition since the world has changed exponentially in ways that are not always easy to understand, so as to accurately predict, and prepare students for the future, a new trajectory in education is urgently needed. ACS Athens has developed and is implementing for the past 8 years a new educational paradigm called the Global Morfosis Paradigm, an authentic, unbounded, and exciting educational paradigm educating students for complex and ambiguous future needs. In particular, students in primary grades, learn in an environment of engagement with creativity and innovation, which should be the norm and not the exception. The program Dogs in Learning (DiL) is designed to use highly trained dogs as an inspirational vehicle to help children understand and apply everyday issues related to human behavior such as: leadership, non-violence, patience, respect, kindness, love, team work, responsibility, confidence, friendship, trust, empathy, etc. In addition a plethora of curriculum contents at the Elementary School are being taught and learned by students in a meaningful and fun way utilizing well trained dogs under the guidance and leadership of teachers.

Published in	International Journal of Elementary Education (Volume 4, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijeedu.20150402.11
Page(s)	16-24
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Dogs, Learning, Morfosis, Elementary School, Innovation, Leadership, Psychology, Social-Emotional Intelligence, Holistic Well-Being

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Christina Birbil, Theo Koutsopoulos, Cathy Makropoulos, Alessandra Sax, Stefanos Gialamas, et al. (2015). Dogs in Learning: Transforming Education. International Journal of Elementary Education, 4(2), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijeedu.20150402.11

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Christina Birbil; Theo Koutsopoulos; Cathy Makropoulos; Alessandra Sax; Stefanos Gialamas, et al. Dogs in Learning: Transforming Education. Int. J. Elem. Educ. 2015, 4(2), 16-24. doi: 10.11648/j.ijeedu.20150402.11

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Christina Birbil, Theo Koutsopoulos, Cathy Makropoulos, Alessandra Sax, Stefanos Gialamas, et al. Dogs in Learning: Transforming Education. Int J Elem Educ. 2015;4(2):16-24. doi: 10.11648/j.ijeedu.20150402.11

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Christina Birbil

American Community Schools of Athens, Athens ,Greece
Theo Koutsopoulos

American Community Schools of Athens, Athens ,Greece
Cathy Makropoulos

American Community Schools of Athens, Athens ,Greece
Alessandra Sax

American Community Schools of Athens, Athens ,Greece
Stefanos Gialamas

American Community Schools of Athens, Athens ,Greece
Konstantinos Koutsopoulos

School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Athens ,Greece

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Christina Birbil; Theo Koutsopoulos; Cathy Makropoulos; Alessandra Sax; Stefanos Gialamas, et al. Dogs in Learning: Transforming Education. Int. J. Elem. Educ. 2015, 4(2), 16-24. doi: 10.11648/j.ijeedu.20150402.11

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AU  - Stefanos Gialamas
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