| Title: | Forgotten nature? Experiences with and knowledge of nature among schoolchildren : a pilot study in central Switzerland |
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| Authors: | ID Kühnis, Jürgen (Author)
ID Fahrni, Désirée (Author) |
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| Files: |  Kuhnis_2021_Forgotten_Nature.pdf (402,83 KB)
MD5: 829B3518740A31D2E3EAEFDA12D61F37
 https://doi.org/10.18690/rei.14.1.1-10.2021
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UZUM - University of Maribor Press
PEF - Faculty of Education
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| Abstract: | This pilot study investigates the extent of familiarity among primary school children (6th grades, n = 142, 55,6 % boys) with common local animal and plant species and whether this knowledge differs depending on selected context variables. As the analysis shows, nature is of great importance, and most children already have gathered some basic experience of nature. On average, they correctly identified 51,2 % of the animals and 36,2 % of the plants, but there were obvious gaps in their knowledge. The present results showed a clear connection between the knowledge of native animal and plant species depending on the child's nationality, whether they have a garden at home and how their parents stimulate their interest in nature. |
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| Keywords: | species knowledge, primary school children, Central Switzerland |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Article acceptance date: | 17.09.2020 |
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| Publication date: | 22.03.2021 |
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| Publisher: | Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 1-12 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 14, št. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-93462  |
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| UDC: | 37.011.2- 053.5(494):502.211 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1855-4431 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 58672643 |
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| DOI: | 10.18690/rei.14.1.1-10.2021 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 27.06.2025 |
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| Views: | 157 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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