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Direct linkOvid, Dax; Phaka, Fortunate Mafeta – Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
This article presents a Pedagogical Framework for Invasive Species to shift how we understand, teach, and study invasive species, especially when people are responsible for their expansion into new ecosystems. The focus is on a species originating from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that humans extracted and introduced in certain regions of the…
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Animals, Wildlife
Almeida, António; García Fernández, Beatriz; Strecht-Ribeiro, Orlando – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
The present study compared Portuguese and Spanish children in the 6th year of primary school in terms of their knowledge and live experience of animals from the Iberian Peninsula (IP) and the African savannah. A questionnaire was administered to 420 children from state schools, 215 from Portugal and 205 from Spain. The questionnaire included…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Elementary School Science
Download full textAlmeida, António; Fernández, Beatriz García; Stretch-Ribeiro, Orlando – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2019
The present research compared the knowledge of primary school children and pre-service primary teachers about various native mammals of the Iberian Peninsula (IP-Portugal and Spain) and the African Savannah. For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered to 420 children and 215 pre-service teachers from these countries asking for the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Students, Animals, Misconceptions
Grúnová, Markéta; Brandlová, Karolína; Svitálek, Jan; Hejcmanová, Pavla – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2017
Local communities play a key role in the sustainability of any conservation program. We evaluated the impact of an environmental education program for school children in the surroundings of the Delta du Saloum Biosphere reserve (Senegal) dedicated to the conservation of African charismatic fauna with the critically endangered Western Derby eland…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment)
Peer reviewedGoetz, James C. – Science Teacher, 1975
Describes the ecological balance which exists between animal life on the savannah. Offers a series of photographic slides to support this point. (CP)
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Ecology, Educational Media, Science Education
Into the Forest: The Evolution of a Conservation Education Program at Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Uganda
Kuhar, Christopher W.; Bettinger, Tammie L.; Lehnhardt, Kathy; Townsend, Stephanie; Cox, Debbie – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2007
While there are many conservation programs in east Africa, relatively little is invested in environmental education or capacity building within the community. With this in mind, the National Forest Authority of Uganda, the Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports, Disney's Animal Kingdom[R], and the Jane Goodall Institute--Uganda entered into a…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Natural Resources
Peer reviewedBurger, Mary Louise – Childhood Education, 1994
Reviews: (1) "If You Change Your Mind"; (2) "Swinging Safari: Really Wild Animals Series"; (3) "Wonders Down Under: Really Wild Animals Series"; (4) "Deep Sea Dive: Really Wild Animals Series"; (5) "Flags of the Nations"; (6) "A New Baby in My House"; (7) "I Dig Fossils"; and…
Descriptors: Animals, Child Development, Drug Abuse, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedJohnson-Pynn, Julie S.; Johnson, Laura R. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2005
Environmental education (EE) programs that include service-learning components have great potential to positively impact East African youth, their communities, and their ecology. This exploratory study describes 2 programs in East Africa, The Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots (R&S) and Wildlife Clubs of Uganda (WCU). The authors…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Wildlife
Ali, Ibrahim M. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2006
This study used an unobtrusive attitude survey and questionnaires to investigate Kenyan pupils' attitudes towards parks and wildlife. The positive attitudes found result from their understanding of the link between these resources and their own wellbeing. The sentiments about parks and wildlife expressed by the pupils are an extraction of the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Biodiversity, Foreign Countries, Wildlife
