The Effect of Conservation Knowledge on Attitudes and Stated Behaviors toward Arthropods of Urban and Suburban Elementary School Students

Cornelisse, Tara M.; Sagasta, Jacquelyn

doi:10.1080/08927936.2018.1455450

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“…Therefore, PBL is highly recommended to be applied in environmentalbased learning. UEC empowerment must also be encouraged because this competency is reportedly related to students' attitudes and behavior towards their environment (Cornelisse & Sagasta, 2018). Environmental attitudes often determine the behavior of students who are able to improve or decrease the quality of the environment (Gifford & Sussman, 2012).…”

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The effect of problem-based learning and naturalist intelligence on students' understanding of environmental conservation

Suhirman

Yusuf

2019

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Environmental conservation understanding is one of the crucial factors which determines student attitudes and behavior towards the environment. This study aimed to investigate the effects of problem-based learning and naturalist intelligence on the students' understanding of environmental conservation. This experimental research was conducted at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) 1 Praya which employed factorial design. The first factor was the levels of naturalist intelligence (high and low) and the second factor was learning forms (problem-based and expository learning). Two groups were randomly selected from X-MIPA graders of MAN 1 Praya. The data were collected through tests which then were analyzed using ANOVA at 0.05 significance level. The results of the study indicated that problem-based learning affected the students' understanding of environmental conservation, while naturalist intelligence did not affect it. Furthermore, there were no interaction between these two factors.

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The effect of problem-based learning and naturalist intelligence on students' understanding of environmental conservation

Suhirman

Yusuf

2019

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“…Similar to the present result, Onel and Mukherjee (2016) did not find any influence of factual knowledge about the environment on the WTD for different environmental conservation measures. Nevertheless, several studies have shown that knowledge can have a positive influence on attitudes and therefore on behavioral intentions ( Schahn and Holzer, 1990 ; Kaiser and Fuhrer, 2003 ; Cornelisse and Sagasta, 2018 ). For example, Monge-Nájera (2017) found that a short natural history lecture on worms improved the attitudes toward these usually rather negatively perceived invertebrates.…”

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“…According to Frick et al (2004) , learning about what can be done about a problem (action knowledge) and knowledge about how these actions affect the environment (effectiveness knowledge) are essential factors influencing environmentally friendly behavior. Moreover, Cornelisse and Sagasta (2018) found that specific knowledge about the essential role of arthropods in ecosystems resulted in a higher conservation intention toward them. In particular, explicit messages about the useful functions of insects for human well-being, such as cleaning a local water source or pollinating a favorite fruit crop, could be effective ( Schultz, 2011 ).…”

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“…Additionally, people’s knowledge is often suggested to play a role ( Turpie, 2003 ; Batel et al, 2014 ; O’Bryhim and Parsons, 2015 ). Furthermore, attitudes seem to particularly influence the formation of behavioral intentions ( Armitage and Christian, 2003 ; Clayton and Myers, 2009 ; Ajzen, 2011 ; Pronello and Gaborieau, 2018 ) and thereby also the motivation to conserve insects ( Cornelisse and Sagasta, 2018 ). Based on these publications, we expanded our model to include the factors, (1) sociodemographic characteristics, (2) knowledge, and (3) attitudes ( Figure 1 ).…”

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German Laypeople’s Willingness to Donate Toward Insect Conservation: Application of an Extended Protection Motivation Theory

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It is essential to engage the public in conservation measures to conserve insects. We investigate the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), as well as knowledge, attitudes, and sociodemographic variables (gender, age, education level, and income) as predictors of willingness to donate (WTD) and actual donations to insect conservation for a representative German sample (N = 515; MAge = 49.36, SD = 16.73; female = 50.1%). The PMT subcomponents severity, self-efficacy, and response efficacy, as well as attitudes toward insects, income, and education level, significantly predicted WTD. In contrast, severity, response barriers, age, gender, and the WTD significantly influenced actual donations. Overall, components of the PMT have high predictive power for both dependent variables. Our results suggest that an intention-behavior gap exists between the intention to donate and the actual donation toward insect conservation. Measures to increase WTD and actual donations for insect conservation are discussed.

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“…Considering the importance of attitudes in the development of conservation behaviors [17,20], especially in the case of animals which cause fear and evoke disgust; are associated with dirt, disease, or infection; or are aesthetically less favored [4,6,7,13,48,49], and in the absence of a conceptual model and a unified measurement instrument, we developed the BatSS in a Chilean community sample to evaluate attitudes towards bats. For this, we counted on the contributions of previous measurement systems [2,[5][6][7].…”

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Design and Psychometric Properties of the BAtSS: A New Tool to Assess Attitudes towards Bats

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Álvarez

Boso

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Despite the benefits that bats offer the ecosystem, these animals are feared and attacked. The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated this situation. Today there is an urgent need to address the human-bat conflict to develop conservation policies. Understanding peoples’ attitudes towards bats are critical for this process. This study aimed to design the Bats Attitudes Standard Scale (BAtSS) and to analyze its psychometric properties. We developed an initial version of the scale in which we established the content validity; we analyzed the items and structure in a pilot sample. In the next phase, we examined psychometric properties in a sample of 1639 Chileans. The final BAtSS consists of 34 Likert-type items configured in an oblique-hierarchical structure of four factors (scientistic, positivistic, negativistic, and myths) and three facets (emotional negativistic, behavioral negativistic, and cognitive negativistic). It presents adequate internal consistency, and the analysis of concurrent validity confirms the scale’s capacity to discriminate between groups. Women and participants with a lower level of education are more negativistic and less positivistic. People with a higher level of education have a less mythological view of bats. We also analyzed the items under the assumptions of item response theory (IRT).

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The Effect of Conservation Knowledge on Attitudes and Stated Behaviors toward Arthropods of Urban and Suburban Elementary School Students

Cited by 17 publications

References 36 publications

The effect of problem-based learning and naturalist intelligence on students' understanding of environmental conservation

The effect of problem-based learning and naturalist intelligence on students' understanding of environmental conservation

German Laypeople’s Willingness to Donate Toward Insect Conservation: Application of an Extended Protection Motivation Theory

Design and Psychometric Properties of the BAtSS: A New Tool to Assess Attitudes towards Bats

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