Urban versus rural? The effects of residential status on species identification skills and connection to nature

Bashan, Danielle; Colléony, Agathe; Shwartz, Assaf

doi:10.1002/pan3.10176

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“…This has led some to argue that people's levels of direct experiences of nature may not have actually decreased [67,68]. Fourth, our study measured teachers' levels of ecological knowledge using only their ability to identify species of three major taxa (plants, birds and butterflies), although this is one of the common ways to assess it [69,70]. Since ecological knowledge is multidimensional, it would be beneficial to assess it using a greater variety of approaches in the future.…”

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confidence: 99%

What Environmental and Personal Factors Determine the Implementation Intensity of Nature-Based Education in Elementary and Lower-Secondary Schools?

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As society becomes increasingly urbanized, children are becoming much less likely to experience nature. This progressive disengagement from the natural world, often termed the ‘extinction of experience’, has been viewed both as a key public health issue and one of the most fundamental obstacles to halting global environmental degradation. School education has an important role in mitigating and reversing the ongoing extinction of experience. Here, we examine the role of several factors that determine the implementation intensities of nature-based education by science teachers in the classrooms of both primary and secondary schools. We performed a large-scale questionnaire survey comprising 363 elementary and 259 lower-secondary schoolteachers. Several factors predicted the implementation intensity of nature-based education in schools. The most important predictor was teachers’ levels of nature-relatedness, with nature-orientated teachers being more likely to provide nature-based education in their classes. Levels of teachers’ ecological knowledge, frequency of childhood nature experiences, and greenness within the school were also positively associated with the implementation intensity of education. Our results suggest that, to promote nature-based education in schools, it is important to increase schoolteachers’ nature-relatedness and ecological knowledge, as well as to provide more green spaces within schools.

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What Environmental and Personal Factors Determine the Implementation Intensity of Nature-Based Education in Elementary and Lower-Secondary Schools?

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“…Residence place: Many studies [67][68][69] demonstrated that individuals who live in urban areas document less CN compared with those who live in rural areas. In the present investigation, and despite the extent of green space in the sample area of residence (19,204 ha), no associations were identified between these two variables.…”

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Connectedness to Nature Does Not Explain the Variation in Physical Activity and Body Composition in Adults and Older People

Ramos

Gabriel

Martinho

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Connectedness to nature (CN) is a significant predictor of pro-environmental behaviours, human health and well-being. However, research on how this connection to the natural world might promote a more active lifestyle and improve body mass composition according to gender is lacking. This study investigated the influence of CN on physical activity (PA) and body composition in adults and older people. We recruited a sample of 219 individuals (77 men and 142 women), and a self-administered questionnaire was used to measure CN and obtain demographic data. Body composition was assessed by bioimpedance, and PA was assessed by accelerometry. Correlations and stepwise multiple regressions were used in data analysis. CN’s association with other variables was more pronounced in women than in men, and we only identified significant associations with steps/day and body composition. However, this variable would not be included in the regression models that we developed. Adiposity levels and muscle status were significant predictors of PA in women. In both genders, age, percentage of fat mass and fat-free mass were selected as regressors in the models developed for visceral fat area and muscle condition (R2 Adjusted ≥ 0.908).

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“…Concerns surrounding EoE-affecting all ages-continue to be shared in many countries (e.g. Bashan et al, 2021), although the prevalence of EoE as a global phenomenon has been questioned (Novotný et al, 2020;Oh et al, 2020). Furthermore, the value of using contact with, or knowledge of, nature as surrogates or prerequisites for 'nature connectedness' and pro-environmental behaviour continues to be much debated (Colléony et al, 2020;Passmore et al, 2021;Richardson et al, 2020).…”

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“…using pictures, objects etc. as Bashan et al, 2021) or demonstrate specific kinds of knowledge about organisms, their status or ecology. The means of assessment will naturally follow from the way in which the specific domain is defined.…”

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Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge: Student natural history knowledge and the significance of birds

Gosler¹,

Tilling

2021

People and Nature

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Urban versus rural? The effects of residential status on species identification skills and connection to nature

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Cited by 48 publications

References 80 publications

What Environmental and Personal Factors Determine the Implementation Intensity of Nature-Based Education in Elementary and Lower-Secondary Schools?

What Environmental and Personal Factors Determine the Implementation Intensity of Nature-Based Education in Elementary and Lower-Secondary Schools?

Connectedness to Nature Does Not Explain the Variation in Physical Activity and Body Composition in Adults and Older People

Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge: Student natural history knowledge and the significance of birds

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