Znanje in odnos učencev do metuljev in komarjev

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Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2012
Source:	Ljubljana
Typology:	2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization:	UL PEF - Faculty of Education
Publisher:	[T. Fakin]
UDC:	595.78:595.771:37(043.2)
COBISS:	9444681
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary title:	Elementary school pupils knowlwdge [!] and attitudes toward butterflies and mosquitoes
Secondary abstract:	To avoid further loss of biodiversity we should radicly change our antropocentric attitude toward environment. The best way to do this is to instill positive attitudes toward nature to children in school. One of the factors that influences attitude toward nature/organisms is knowledge. The main aim of this study is to find out, whether there are differences in knowledge about, and attitudes toward the “unpopular” mosquito and “popular” butterfly among elementary school students. We focused on finding differences in knowledge and attitude between gender, age and residence of respondents. For the purpose of the study we used Butterfly- Mosquito Attitude Questionare wich contained 39 questions for each animal group. Attitude as well as knowledge was mesured with 5-stage Likert type items. In total, we receved filled questionnaires of 421 elementary school students from 6. to 9. grade. Results indicate, that children have better attitudes toward butterflies than toward mosquitos although they posses more knowledge about the latter. Students from higher grades showed more negative attitude toward mosquitoes althouogh they posess the same amount of knowledge. Lower grade students showed more knowledge and higher scienific as well as ecologistic attitude toward butterflies, but results are not so clear for mosquitoes. We did not find any differences in knowledge or attitudes between rural and urban residents.
Secondary keywords:	biology;knowledge;primary school;biologija;znanje;osnovna šola;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Undergraduate thesis
Thesis comment:	Univ. Ljubljana, Pedagoška fak., Biotehniška fak., Fak. za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo, Naravoslovnotehniška fak., Kemija in biologija
Pages:	VIII, 44 f., [6] f. pril.
Type (ePrints):	thesis
Title (ePrints):	Elementary school pupils knowledge and attitudes toward butterflies and mosquitoes
Keywords (ePrints):	znanje
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language):	knowledge
Abstract (ePrints):	Da bi se izognili nadaljnjemu upadanju biodiverzitete moramo spremeniti antropocentričen odnos človeka do narave. Najučinkoviteje bomo to storili, če pozitiven odnos privzgojimo že najmlajšim. Na odnos ljudi vplivajo mnogi dejavniki, med njimi tudi znanje. S to raziskavo smo želeli ugotoviti, ali in v kolikšni meri se razlikujeta znanje učencev o »priljubljenih« in »nepriljubljenih« vrstah žuželk, in sicer metuljih in komarjih, ter odnos učencev do teh živali. Želeli smo tudi preveriti, ali obstajajo razlike v znanju o metuljih in komarjih ter odnosu do metuljev in komarjev glede na spol učencev, njihovo bivalno okolje in starost (razred). Podatke smo zbrali z vprašalnikom, ki je vseboval 39 vprašanj o metuljih in prav toliko o komarjih ter je odnos in znanje meril s 5-stopenjsko Likertovo lestvico. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 421 učencev 6. do 9. razreda osnovne šole. Rezultati so pokazali, da imajo otroci boljši odnos do metuljev kot do komarjev, čeprav o slednjih vedo več. Čim višji je razred tem slabši je odnos otrok do komarjev, znanje pa ostaja enako. Učenci nižjih razredov imajo več znanja in bolj znanstven ter ekologističen odnos do metuljev, pri komarjih takšnega trenda ni zaznati. Okolje bivanja nima posebnega vpliva na znanje učencev o metuljih in komarjih niti na njihov odnos do metuljev in komarjev.
Abstract (ePrints, secondary language):	To avoid further loss of biodiversity we should radicly change our antropocentric attitude toward environment. The best way to do this is to instill positive attitudes toward nature to children in school. One of the factors that influences attitude toward nature/organisms is knowledge. The main aim of this study is to find out, whether there are differences in knowledge about, and attitudes toward the “unpopular” mosquito and “popular” butterfly among elementary school students. We focused on finding differences in knowledge and attitude between gender, age and residence of respondents. For the purpose of the study we used Butterfly- Mosquito Attitude Questionare wich contained 39 questions for each animal group. Attitude as well as knowledge was mesured with 5-stage Likert type items. In total, we receved filled questionnaires of 421 elementary school students from 6. to 9. grade. Results indicate, that children have better attitudes toward butterflies than toward mosquitos although they posses more knowledge about the latter. Students from higher grades showed more negative attitude toward mosquitoes althouogh they posess the same amount of knowledge. Lower grade students showed more knowledge and higher scienific as well as ecologistic attitude toward butterflies, but results are not so clear for mosquitoes. We did not find any differences in knowledge or attitudes between rural and urban residents.
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language):	knowledge
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