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Abstract(s)
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 photos of
eleven mammals from each region. The pupils had to identify them, to
say if they had observed them live and where, and if they are native in
the IP. The results showed a greater knowledge of both groups of the
savannah species, also the ones most had seen live. However, the
Spanish children had a better performance in the identification of the
native mammals and which animals are native on IP, probably because
these children are from a less urban zone, with more direct contact with
some of the species presented. The school does not seem to play, in
either group, an important role in the learning about native species. Boys
from both countries performed better than girls on the issues under
study. A high percentage of children from both countries think that
several of the savannah species occur wild on the IP.
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Keywords
Primary School Mammals African savannah
Citation
António Almeida, Beatriz García Fernández & Orlando Strecht-Ribeiro (2020) Children’s knowledge and contact with native fauna: a comparative study between Portugal and Spain, Journal of Biological Education, 54(1), 17-32, DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2018.1538017