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dc.contributor.authorMelis, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorFalcicchio, Gabriella
dc.contributor.authorWold, Per-Arvid
dc.contributor.authorBilling, Anna Maria
dc.coverage.spatialNorway, Trondheim.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-08T09:51:09Z
dc.date.available2022-03-08T09:51:09Z
dc.date.created2021-05-19T15:06:14Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-23
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Science Education. 2021, 1-17.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0950-0693
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2983709
dc.description.abstractKnowledge about local species and a positive attitude towards all living organisms are important to motivate the next generations to protect biodiversity. We compared local species identification skills and declared attitude towards invertebrates across genders in Italian and Norwegian students in teacher education. We focused on Norway and Italy for this comparative study, because of their different teaching traditions and relationships with outdoor education. We found a significant difference in local species identification skills between Italian and Norwegian students, who could identify 21% and 57% of the species, respectively. Overall, females had a more negative attitude towards invertebrates than males. However, Norwegian women had a more positive attitude towards invertebrates than Italian women did. Our result could reflect both differences in time spent in nature and teaching programs between countries. We also found a positive correlation between species identification skills and declared interest towards invertebrates. We discuss several approaches that could help to address this issue, in order for future teachers to become more aware of the risk that their biophobic attitude is transferred to the next generation with negative effects on biodiversity conservation.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor& Francisen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectBiology education,en_US
dc.subjectbiophobia,en_US
dc.subjectpre-service teachers,en_US
dc.subjectcomparative study.en_US
dc.titleSpecies Identification Skills in Teacher Education Students: The Role of Attitude, Context and Experienceen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder©2021 C. Melis; G. Falcicchio; P.-A.Wold; A.M. Billingen_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-17en_US
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Science Educationen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09500693.2021.1928326
dc.identifier.cristin1910814
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
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