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- Animals as performers or exhibits: a study of their relevance to Portuguese, Spanish, and Greek pre-service teachersPublication . Almeida, António; García Fernández, Beatriz; Papadopoulou, PenelopeThis study involves Portuguese, Spanish and Greek pre-service primary teachers (n = 210) and pre-service kindergarten teachers (n = 195) and identifies through a questionnaire a) their personal opinions and b) perception of the didactic value of eight performances with live animals. The results were compared by course among countries and between courses in the same country. Globally, the pre-service teachers neither showed a great personal interest, nor recognized great didactic relevance in these shows. Pre-kindergarten teachers from Portugal and Spain tend to value them more positively as a way to bring children closer to animals. Shows with aquatic mammals received the greatest appreciation in both dimensions, especially in the Greek sample; birds of prey shows were valued more by the Iberian participants. Violent shows, such as fighting animals and bullfighting, were very negatively viewed. Shows with pets and birds of prey were viewed frequently as more detrimental to animals than they are. The results show that a better understanding of the impact of each show on animals is needed, if pre-service teachers are to make informed decisions in their professional future.
- How do primary pre-service teachers assess circus with animals and its educational value? A study with Portuguese, Spanish and Greek studentsPublication . Almeida, António; García Fernández, Beatriz; Papadopoulou, PenelopeThis study aimed to check the opinion of primary pre-service teachers about circus with animals, including if they recognize any educational value in this type of show and how they assess the animals’ treatment in this place. For that, a questionnaire with open and closed questions was administered at the beginning of the present school year in three higher education institutions, one in Portugal, one in Spain and one in Greece. Among students of the different countries, the results were very similar, and the participants tend to considered that this show as no educational or even recreational interest for children, mainly based on arguments centered on animals. Therefore, they considered that this show mutilate animals’ welfare, but one third of the participants showed difficulties in assessing how animals are treated in certain aspects. The results suggest that in their future practice the majority of the students will not convey an uncritical view of this show to their pupils. Even so, only a few Portuguese students recognize the value of circus as a controversial issue to be explicitly approached in class, a reason that could be related to syllabus content of Didactic of Science, a curricular unit in their plan course.