Odnos učencev do dvoživk in njihovo znanje o dvoživkah

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Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2012
Source:	Ljubljana
Typology:	2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization:	UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
Publisher:	[T. Likar]
UDC:	59:37(043.2)
COBISS:	9579337
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary title:	Students' attitudes towards amphibians and their knowledge of amphibians
Secondary abstract:	We live in a time where there is an increasing emphasis on environmental attitudes and interest in the environment and organisms. Toads and other amphibians are animals which children consider to be some of the most disgusting animals. Before teachers can take measures to protect amphibians, they have to find out about the students' attitudes towards and knowledge of these animals. The purpose of our research was to find out how the attitudes towards toads and the knowledge of amphibians was affected by age, gender, level of education, contact with nature, place where the students live and direct experience with a toad. Questionnaires were filled out by 612 students, ranging from primary school age to those in their penultimate year in high school. The results show that of the possible variables, the level of education, gender and direct experience with a toad were the biggest influences on attitude and knowledge. The level of knowledge of students in primary school and high school about amphibians was influenced by age. Direct experince with a toad also influenced primary school students whereas where the students lived influenced the high school students' knowledge. The results give teachers an insight into their students' attitudes towards amphibians and their knowledge about amphibians, which are both important starting points in establishing the appropriate approach in the classroom which will enable more positive attitudes towards amphibians and a better understanding of them.
Secondary keywords:	biology;comprehension;animal;primary school;biologija;razumevanje;žival;osnovna šola;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Undergraduate thesis
Thesis comment:	Univ. Ljubljana, Pedagoška fak., Biotehniška fak., Biologija in gospodinjstvo
Pages:	VIII f., 89 str., [8] f. pril.
Type (ePrints):	thesis
Title (ePrints):	Students' attitudes towards amphibians and their knowledge of amphibians
Keywords (ePrints):	dvoživke
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language):	amphibians
Abstract (ePrints):	Živimo v času, ko se vedno bolj poudarja ekološka naravnanost in pomen odgovornega odnosa do okolja in organizmov. Krastače in ostale dvoživke so živali, ki jih otroci dojemajo kot ene izmed najbolj nagnusnih živali. Da bi kot učitelji lahko začeli z ukrepi za zaščito dvoživk, je treba ugotoviti, kakšen odnos imajo učenci do teh živali in kakšno je njihovo znanje o njih. Namen naše raziskave je bil ugotoviti, kako na odnos do krastač in na znanje o dvoživkah vplivajo starost, spol, stopnja izobraževanja, pogostost obiskovanja narave, kraj bivanja in neposredna izkušnja s krastačo. V ta namen smo uporabili že obstoječ anketni vprašalnik, ki preverja odnos do krastač in znanje o dvoživkah. Vprašalnik je izpolnilo 612 učencev od šestega razreda osnovne šole do tretjega letnika gimnazije. Rezultati kažejo, da od preverjanih neodvisnih spremenljivk na odnos učencev in dijakov do krastač vplivajo predvsem stopnja izobraževanja, spol in neposreden stik s krastačo. Na znanje učencev in dijakov o dvoživkah vpliva leto šolanja, pri osnovnošolcih tudi stik s krastačo, pri srednješolcih pa kraj bivanja. Rezultati dajejo učiteljem vpogled v odnos mladine do predstavnikov dvoživk in njihovo znanje o dvoživkah ter so pomembno izhodišče za izbiro ustreznih pristopov pri pouku, s katerimi bi omogočili bolj pozitiven odnos do dvoživk in boljše znanje o njih.
Abstract (ePrints, secondary language):	We live in a time where there is an increasing emphasis on environmental attitudes and interest in the environment and organisms. Toads and other amphibians are animals which children consider to be some of the most disgusting animals. Before teachers can take measures to protect amphibians, they have to find out about the students' attitudes towards and knowledge of these animals. The purpose of our research was to find out how the attitudes towards toads and the knowledge of amphibians was affected by age, gender, level of education, contact with nature, place where the students live and direct experience with a toad. Questionnaires were filled out by 612 students, ranging from primary school age to those in their penultimate year in high school. The results show that of the possible variables, the level of education, gender and direct experience with a toad were the biggest influences on attitude and knowledge. The level of knowledge of students in primary school and high school about amphibians was influenced by age. Direct experince with a toad also influenced primary school students whereas where the students lived influenced the high school students' knowledge. The results give teachers an insight into their students' attitudes towards amphibians and their knowledge about amphibians, which are both important starting points in establishing the appropriate approach in the classroom which will enable more positive attitudes towards amphibians and a better understanding of them.
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language):	amphibians
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