Species identification skills in teacher education students: the role of attitude, context and experience

Melis, Claudia; Falcicchio, Gabriella; Wold, Per-Arvid; Billing, Anna Maria

doi:10.1080/09500693.2021.1928326

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“…More than virtual fieldwork experience, video games such as Animal Crossing could bring natural virtual experiences for children who live mostly in urbanized environment. Melis et al (2021) have found a positive correlation between the ability to identify species and the interest toward these species in a survey in Italy and Norway. As shown by our results, playing AC could enhance players' ability to recognize the in‐game species (cartoonized and pixelated) from a real picture of the organism and, thus, to obtain significantly better scores at the naturalistic survey than nonplayers.…”

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Video games as a tool for ecological learning: the case of Animal Crossing

Coroller

Flinois

2023

Ecosphere

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Amidst lockdown policies in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, many used video games as a method to maintain a connection with others while ensuring social distancing. A new edition of the Animal Crossing series of games had been released in March 2020 and beat sales and downloads records. The game focuses on living in a natural environment, building a house and a village, as well as capturing, exhibiting, and selling species to progress. Here we examine whether players gain species identification skills and whether it is transferred to real‐life models. We used the results from a survey conducted from the end of March to early April 2020 on 200 people (72 players and 128 nonplayers of Animal Crossing). Participants were first asked to rank their personal interest in nature and then to identify species from photos. The photos displayed both organisms present in the game and organisms that were not. We expected players to obtain a slightly higher score than nonplayers for questions related to the species present in the game and a similar score in both groups for questions related to species not present in the game. Multivariate analyses (multiple linear regression and principal components analysis [PCA]) showed that players were better than nonplayers at identifying real‐life species that were present in the game. The role of the species in the game design impacts the ability to identify the species in real life, such as plants having mainly a role of ornamentation. Additionally, this study suggests that survey participants could correctly assess their naturalistic knowledge in general. This article shows that video games can help enhance ecological learning, improve organisms identification, and might be used as a tool for education in conservation biology.

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Video games as a tool for ecological learning: the case of Animal Crossing

Coroller

Flinois

2023

Ecosphere

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“…It is not surprising that children have negative attitudes to invertebrates when you look at the values of their teachers. An evaluation of students in teacher education in Norway and Italy showed that there were negative attitudes toward invertebrates, especially in Italy and much more in females [ 23 ]. This gender gap is worrying, as early education teachers are predominantly female, and prejudices learned early are hard to counter.…”

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Ethics and Invertebrates: The Problem Is Us

Mather

2023

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In the last few decades, science has begun to make great strides at understanding how varied, fascinating, and intelligent invertebrate animals are. Because they are poorly known, the invertebrates that make up about 98% of the animals on the planet have been overlooked. Because they are seen as both simple and unattractive, children and their teachers, as well as the general public, do not think they need care. Because until recently we did not know they can be both intelligent and sensitive—bees can learn from each other, butterflies can navigate huge distances, octopuses are smart, and lobsters can feel pain—we have to give them the consideration they deserve. This collection of papers should help us to see how the lives of invertebrates are tightly linked to ours, how they live, and what they need in terms of our consideration and care.

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“…Guru berperan penting dalam merancang strategi pembelajaran yang tepat sesuai tujuan (Chalkiadaki, A, 2018). Guru berperan penting mengembangkan keterampilan 4C dalam proses pembelajaran (Chalkiadaki, A, 2018;Melis, C et al, 2021;Tindowen, D. J. C et al;2017).…”

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Peran Dan Problematika Guru Mengembangkan Keterampilan 4c Abad 21 Masa Pandemi Di Sekolah Dasar

Monika

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2022

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Proses pengembangan keterampilan 4C abad 21 di masa pandemi Covid-19 terhambat akibat adanya keterbatasan proses pembelajaran. Peran guru terhambat akibat proses pembelajaran yang berubah secara jarak jauh memanfaatkan teknologi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk menginvestigasi terkait peran guru dan problematika guru maupun solusi mengembangkan keterampilan 4C di masa pandemi. Penelitian ini dapat menjadi dasar perbaikan proses pengembangan keterampilan 4C di SD. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan desain studi kasus. Pengumpulan data dilakukan menggunakan wawancara bersifat tidak terstruktur atau terbuka (open ended) menggunakan google form terhadap 27 guru di wilayah Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat. Hasil temuan penelitian diuraikan menjadi enam tema bahasan yaitu: permasalahan pengembangan keterampilan 4C, keterampilan penunjang Abad 21, kreativitas yang berpusat pada siswa, berpikir kritis melalui pemecahan masalah, strategi pengembangan keterampilan komunikasi, dan keterampilan berkolaborasi masa pandemi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan peran guru terhambat dalam merancang pelaksanaan pembelajaran yang memuat keterampilan 4C, proses pelaksanaan pembelajaran terbatas, kurangnya penguasaan teknologi penunjang pembelajaran, dan evaluasi pembelajaran yang terbatas. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengembangan keterampilan 4C pada masa pandemi masih cukup terhambat akibat keterbatasan pembelajaran, namun para guru berupaya mengembangkan keterampilan 4C melalui kegiatan pembelajaran tatap muka terbatas di sekolah, guru kunjung, dan bekerja sama dengan orang tua selama pembelajaran di masa pandemi.

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Species identification skills in teacher education students: the role of attitude, context and experience

Cited by 11 publications

References 54 publications

Video games as a tool for ecological learning: the case of Animal Crossing

Video games as a tool for ecological learning: the case of Animal Crossing

Ethics and Invertebrates: The Problem Is Us

Peran Dan Problematika Guru Mengembangkan Keterampilan 4c Abad 21 Masa Pandemi Di Sekolah Dasar

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