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Biocentric reasoning in children: implications in science and environmental education

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dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, António
dc.contributor.authorStrecht-Ribeiro, Orlando
dc.contributor.authorVasconcelos, Clara
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-07T11:12:34Z
dc.date.available2020-05-07T11:12:34Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to verify the incidence of biocentric reasoning (centred on the welfare of the animals) in 91 children, aged between 8 and 10, attending the 3rd and 4th years in a primary school of Lisbon, Portugal, and is the continuity of another study promoted by the authors. To do that, a questionnaire was applied, inquiring about the type of places where the children contact with animals and their opinion about the human behaviour in three different situations involving animals (dilemmas). The results have shown that the majority of children had a small contact with natural and semi-natural places, and the majority only went to places where nature is managed, like zoos and similar parks. This experience seems to be responsible for inappropriate ideas about zoos, considered by some children the ideal place to keep wild animals because there they are well treated and safer from predators. However, and globally, the incidence of biocentric reasoning in the dilemmas is high, proving its increasing in situations in which human action is considered selfish or inappropriate, but it also is affected by the species presented (the empathy factor seems to be important as well). Implications of these results for Science and Environmental Education are also discussed.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationAlmedia, A., Strecht-Ribeiro, O., Vasconcelos, C., (2011). Biocentric reasoning in children: Implications in science and environmental education. Proceedings of the ESERA 2011 Conference: Science Learning and Citizenship., 8, 121 - 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/2.1.2073.7602pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.13140/2.1.2073.7602pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/11608
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.childrenandnature.org/research/children-express-biocentric-perspectives-despite-reduced-exposure-to-natural-species-and-spaces/pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectChildren-animals relationshippt_PT
dc.subjectEcological dilemmaspt_PT
dc.subjectAnthropocentric reasoningpt_PT
dc.subjectBiocentric reasoningpt_PT
dc.subjectEcocentric reasoningpt_PT
dc.titleBiocentric reasoning in children: implications in science and environmental educationpt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleESERA 2011 Conference: Science Learning and Citizenshippt_PT
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