Biodiversity knowledge loss in children's books and textbooks

Celis‐Diez, Juan L.; Díaz-Forestier, Javiera; Márquez-García, Marcela; Lazzarino, Silvia; Rozzi, Ricardo; Armestó, Juan J.

doi:10.1002/fee.1324

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“…Furthermore, some media that are popular among children in the Netherlands may unintentionally encourage people to interact with biodiversity in undesirable ways (e.g., by touching or catching), linking to Barney et al [115]. Lastly, the communicators noted that charismatic and exotic species predominate in the media, a pattern that has been reported in other countries for various types of media [35,[116][117][118]. Therefore, in order to realize the potential of the media, the communicators argued that the scope should be broadened to feature local, everyday flora and fauna more.…”

Section: Potential To Expand the Tole Of Biodiversity In Dutch Laypeomentioning

confidence: 75%

Expanding the Role of Biodiversity in Laypeople’s Lives: The View of Communicators

Hooykaas

Smeets

2020

Sustainability

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Biodiversity is a fundamental part of sustainable development, yet it is threatened by numerous factors associated with human population growth. The current lack of broad-based support for biodiversity conservation may be explained by the widening gap between people and nature. In order to conserve biodiversity, people should be engaged in biodiversity, yet it is not yet clear what potential is present in highly urbanized environments. We conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve biodiversity communicators in the Netherlands, a highly urbanized country, and used their perceptions and experiences to explore motivations, opportunities and challenges for expanding the role of biodiversity in people’s lives in an increasingly urban world. Overall, the interviewees perceived the current role of biodiversity in laypeople’s lives to be too limited, but they were positive about the potential to expand the role. Based on communicators’ perceptions potential lies in a combination of direct exposure to biodiversity outdoors, the media, and education. Furthermore, strategically designed communication is also expected to play an essential part in opening people’s eyes for biodiversity. The results are valuable both at national and international levels, as they can motivate and aid professionals operating in urbanized contexts at reaching out to their audiences about biodiversity.

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Section: Potential To Expand the Tole Of Biodiversity In Dutch Laypeomentioning

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Expanding the Role of Biodiversity in Laypeople’s Lives: The View of Communicators

Hooykaas

Smeets

2020

Sustainability

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“…However, information about wild species in the media concentrates largely on a few iconic, appealing, and often exotic species [10]. For example, an analysis of 1254 schoolbooks and children's books accessible to citizens of Santiago showed that illustrations and narratives were dominated by charismatic species and landscapes from Africa and the Northern Hemisphere (particularly Europe), with sparse reference to Chilean native biodiversity [44]. A similar phenomenon may be occurring in other Latin American countries where urbanization is expanding rapidly.…”

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Biocultural Homogenization in Urban Settings: Public Knowledge of Birds in City Parks of Santiago, Chile

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An understudied consequence of growing urbanization is the rapid and concurrent loss of native biological and cultural diversity. Here, we measured the concordance between avian species richness in public green areas of the city of Santiago, Chile, and the corresponding knowledge of local citizens of this avian diversity. To assess this correspondence, we sampled avian species richness in 10 representative city parks and surveyed the awareness of avian diversity by park visitors as well as their ability to identify bird species. We found no significant relationship between estimated bird diversity from field sampling and their perception by park visitors, suggesting that visitors underestimate avian diversity in city parks because they perceive only a small fraction of the overall diversity, with their awareness especially biased towards the most abundant species. Exotic bird species comprise the majority of the latter group. This result was observed regardless of whether the city park had high or low bird diversity. Public knowledge of birds did not relate to the species richness present at city parks, and was strongly biased towards the most abundant, widely distributed, and primarily exotic species. This result agrees with the biocultural homogenization hypothesis, documenting the role of urban areas in this global process.

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“…As was found in this research, there are not many representations of native species of amphibians and reptiles in the textbooks. Native species should be presented in the photographs, so students could be able to recognize them in nature (Celis-Diez et al, 2016). Instead, the majority of analyzed textbooks presented more attractive and colorful species or even, in some cases, species which are invasive in Poland.…”

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What Makes Source of Scientific Information Good? Reflection on Primary and Junior High School Textbooks and their use by Teachers Presenting Particular Teaching Style through Example of Amphibians and Reptiles

Chyleńska

Rybska

2019

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Textbooks are one of the most important teaching aids in education. They often serve as the main or the only source of information for students and teachers. The aim of this study was to analyze the sources of students' scientific knowledge-teachers and textbooks, with focus on information about amphibians and reptiles. Authors have conducted an analysis of the content of twelve nature and biology textbooks, with the focus on: a core biological idea, the presence of surveys and summaries, appealing graphics and factual errors. The teachers participated in in-depth interviews, and were analyzed for the reflective insight considering e.g. presence of substantial mistakes or shaping students' attitudes. Authors proposed new framework for describing teaching styles based on the dominant characteristics of their teaching process, the teachers were classified as-Didactical, Pedagogical or Ethical teacher. None of the analyzed books were flawless. The most common errors concerned the movement apparatus and the taxonomy. Authors have found out statistically significant correlation between teachers with wider knowledge, and their declaration of more diverse and suitable methods during the lessons. Teachers who do not declare such activities were more probable to put less focus on shaping students attitudes and to make more errors.

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Biodiversity knowledge loss in children's books and textbooks

Abstract: Linking biodiversity, material cycling and ecosystem services in a changing world esa.org/meetings

Cited by 28 publications

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Expanding the Role of Biodiversity in Laypeople’s Lives: The View of Communicators

Expanding the Role of Biodiversity in Laypeople’s Lives: The View of Communicators

Biocultural Homogenization in Urban Settings: Public Knowledge of Birds in City Parks of Santiago, Chile

What Makes Source of Scientific Information Good? Reflection on Primary and Junior High School Textbooks and their use by Teachers Presenting Particular Teaching Style through Example of Amphibians and Reptiles

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