Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Toward Charismatic Megafauna: The Case of Dolphins

Barney, Erin; Mintzes, Joel J.; Yen, Chiung-Fen

doi:10.3200/joee.36.2.41-55

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“…Attitude items were prepared following questionnaires published in similar studies (e.g. Thompson & Mintzes, 2002;Barney et al, 2005). The negativistic dimension is designed specifically to measure active avoidance of spiders as a result of dislike or fear.…”

Section: Construction Of the Spider Attitude Questionnaire (Saq)mentioning

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High School Students’ Attitudes Towards Spiders: A cross‐cultural comparison

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International Journal of Science Education

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“…Humankind is mainly attracted to large mammals like dolphins (Barney, Mintzes, & Yen, 2005), pandas (Bexell et al, 2007) and elephants (Swanagan, 2000). The relationship between humans and less popular animals like large carnivores (Røskaft et al, 2003), and sharks (Thompson & Mintzes, 2002) is, however, still poorly understood.…”

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High School Students’ Attitudes Towards Spiders: A cross‐cultural comparison

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Tolarovičová

Camerik

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International Journal of Science Education

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“…Coastal and marine destinations are becoming increasingly popular locations for wildlife tourism, especially for charismatic iconic species such as dolphins (Gier, Christie and Amolo, 2017;Newsome, Moore and Dowling, 2013;Schleimer et al, 2015;Smith et al, 2006a). Dolphin experiences provide benefits to local and regional communities, profiles marine wildlife tourism and engages the public in regards to conservation and the health of the marine environment (Australia's Coral Coast, 2017;Barney, Mintzes and Yen, 2005;Markowitz, et al 2008;RAC Parks and Resorts, 2017;Stoeckl et al, 2005).…”

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Looking for Evidence that Place of Residence Influenced Visitor Attitudes to Feeding Wild Dolphins?

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Purpose -To ascertain if place attachment or experiential norms influence visitor attitudes to the feeding of wild dolphins. Design/Methodology/Approach -A cross section of beach based visitors at a popular Australian marine tourism destination were opportunistically sampled using pen and paper questionnaires. Findings -Visitors expressed strong support for the strictly controlled minimalist reward feeding that accompanies beach based wild dolphin interactions at the Bunbury Dolphin Discovery Centre and visitors believe there are tourism benefits to be gained from the regulated feeding of wild dolphins. Results also suggest that neither place attachment nor experiential norms influence visitor attitudes to feeding of the Koombana Bay dolphin population. Originality of the research -This location specific, snapshot, case study suggests that contrary to published theory, place attachment and experiential norms do not influence tourist attitudes to wildlife feeding, especially for charismatic iconic wildlife such as dolphins.

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“…The most common entity used by conservation groups are species (van Weelie and Wals 2002). Especially spectacular species, such as the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis, Dalton 2005) or dolphins (Barney et al 2005) were used as a venue in environmental education and conservation.…”

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Teaching Species Identification – A Prerequisite for Learning Biodiversity and Understanding Ecology

Randler

2008

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Animal and plant species identification is often emphasized as a basic prerequisite for an understanding of ecology and training identification skills seems a worthwhile task in biology education. Such identification tasks could be embedded into hands-on, groupbased and self-determined learning: a) Teaching and learning should make use of a small selection of species (6-8) and b) these species should be embedded into learning about their natural and life history; c) different materials could be used for identification, i.e. stuffed taxidermies, plastic models or pictures. However, pictures seem only a second choice; d) ideally, pupils use identification books or dichotomous keys for their identification task to foster their methodological skills and to promote lifelong learning by enabling them to make use of such books and keys; e) if the preference is on identification keys rather than on illustrated material, pupils should be trained previously to cope better with the extrinsic load put on them by the difficult material; f) outdoor field trips and excursions should be employed only after a proper preparation in the classroom.

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Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Toward Charismatic Megafauna: The Case of Dolphins

Cited by 145 publications

References 18 publications

High School Students’ Attitudes Towards Spiders: A cross‐cultural comparison

High School Students’ Attitudes Towards Spiders: A cross‐cultural comparison

Looking for Evidence that Place of Residence Influenced Visitor Attitudes to Feeding Wild Dolphins?

Teaching Species Identification – A Prerequisite for Learning Biodiversity and Understanding Ecology

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