Human-Insect Relationships: An ANTless Story? Children's, Adolescents', and Young Adults' Ways of Characterizing Social Insects

Sammet, Rebecca; Andres, Heike

doi:10.1080/08927936.2015.11435400

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“…Our results support the findings of other authors that students only know few facts about insects [ 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 ]. Overall, students in grades five to twelve knew very little about bumblebees.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…For example, most students could not draw the legs on the correct body part of a bumblebee (M2, Table 2 ). The authors in [ 34 ] also assessed whether students can sketch legs on ant bodies in the appropriate position. They determined that most students were familiar with the number of legs, but could not draw them at the correct position, a finding supported by our data here.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, knowledge concerning resource limitations promotes conservation-oriented practices in everyday life [ 14 ]. Several studies have shown that little knowledge about insects exists [ 34 , 35 , 36 ]. Research on student knowledge has often focused on invertebrates or insects in general [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research on student knowledge has often focused on invertebrates or insects in general [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ]. Other studies have focused on taxa such as beetles, butterflies or ants [ 34 , 41 , 42 , 43 ]. Focusing on public knowledge about bees, Wilson, Forister and Carril found out that people are largely uniformed [ 44 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the A.N.T.S. project, we chose a quantitative approach to collect sufficient data [ 34 ] as a basis for the development of teaching units [ 57 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Don’t Know Much about Bumblebees?—A Study about Secondary School Students’ Knowledge and Attitude Shows Educational Demand

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Teibtner

2018

Insects

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Many insects are threatened with extinction, which in the case of pollinating insects could lead to declining pollination services and reduced ecosystem biodiversity. This necessitates rethinking how we deal with nature in general. Schools are ideal places in which to instill a willingness to behave in an environmentally-friendly way. Whereas scientific studies and school textbooks stress the importance of honeybees as pollinators, the role of bumblebees is either underestimated or neglected. The aim of this study was to provide information concerning student knowledge and attitudes, which are important factors of an individual’s environmental awareness. A questionnaire with closed and open questions was developed, which also included drawing and species identification tasks. We surveyed 870 German secondary school students between 9 and 20 years of age. Our results indicate limited knowledge of bumblebees by students of all grades. Knowledge increased with higher grades but only with a small effect size. The attitude of students towards bumblebees was generally positive; however, this positivity declined with increasing grade of the participants. This correlation also had a small effect size. Our results are discussed, with a particular focus on future educational demand.

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confidence: 92%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the A.N.T.S. project, we chose a quantitative approach to collect sufficient data [ 34 ] as a basis for the development of teaching units [ 57 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Don’t Know Much about Bumblebees?—A Study about Secondary School Students’ Knowledge and Attitude Shows Educational Demand

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2018

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Religious education for ecological sustainability: an initial reality check using the example of everyday decision-making

Altmeyer

2021

j. relig. educ.

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There is a widely accepted consensus that religious education, together with all other school subjects, should contribute to the goals of education for sustainable development. As a result, theoretical models have been developed to profile what the specific contributions of religious education might be. However, the question whether religious education can achieve the intended goals has not yet been researched in more detail. More fundamentally, to be able to formulate realistic goals involves the clarification of students’ predispositions. In the light of these questions, the author focuses on an ecological sustainability dilemma, the so-called poplar dilemma, and asks how students react to this conflictive situation and what roles religious orientations play in their responses. Analysis of the responses of a sample of more than 1100, 14- to 16-year-old students at secondary schools in Germany and Austria led to the conclusion that over-reaching, action-changing environmental sustainability goals are probably beyond the reach of religious education as a single subject. Nevertheless, it becomes clear that ecological issues are regarded by many as religious and spiritual questions and can therefore be addressed in a focused way through religious education. The idea of religious stewardship, which implies taking responsibility and addresses both religious and non-religious students, could be particularly promising. Religious education could develop a characteristic profile as an area in which translation between different motivations for engaging in religious stewardship occurs, and where commitments to taking responsibility are sought.

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What Do Secondary Students Really Learn during Investigations with Living Animals? Parameters for Effective Learning with Social Insects

Sammet

2016

Journal of Biological Education

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Human-Insect Relationships: An ANTless Story? Children's, Adolescents', and Young Adults' Ways of Characterizing Social Insects

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Don’t Know Much about Bumblebees?—A Study about Secondary School Students’ Knowledge and Attitude Shows Educational Demand

Don’t Know Much about Bumblebees?—A Study about Secondary School Students’ Knowledge and Attitude Shows Educational Demand

Religious education for ecological sustainability: an initial reality check using the example of everyday decision-making

What Do Secondary Students Really Learn during Investigations with Living Animals? Parameters for Effective Learning with Social Insects

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