Bad wolf kills lovable rabbits: childrens attitudes toward predator and prey

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Bad wolf kills lovable rabbits: childrens attitudes toward predator and prey

Original language description

This cross-age study explores childrens attitude toward a model predator (wolf) and prey (rabbit). We administered a Likert-type attitude questionnaire with 30 items (15 per predator and 15 per prey) to a total of 462 children aged 10-15 year in Slovakia. The mean score from three dimensions derived by a factor analysis (scientific, ecologistic and myths about parental care) was then subjected for pair wise comparisons. We found that younger children aged 10-11 year showed significantly more positive attitude toward a rabbit (prey) relative to wolf (predator). However, as childrens age increased, the difference in means score disappear and positive attitudes toward predator and prey generally decrease. We hypothesize that these patterns could reflect either greater childrens ecological thinking or, more simply, decreasing interest toward animals in older children. The difference in attitudes toward predator and prey suggest that childrens affective domain should not be neglected in fut

Czech name

Zlý vlk zabíji roztomilé zajíčky: postoje detí ku predátorovi a kořisti

Czech description

Príspevok skúma postoje žiakov k modelovému typu predátora (vlk) a ku koristi (zajac). Merny nástroj bol použítý Likertov škálovaný dotazník, obsahujúci 30 položiek. Výskumu sa zúčastnilo 462 študentov zo Slovenska. Faktorovou analýzou boli zistené 3 dimenzie. Bolo zistené, že mladší žiaci (10-11-roční) mali pozitívnejší postoj ku koristi v porovnaní s predátorom. Postupujúcim vekom sa tento rozdiel zmenšoval.

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LC06046" target="_blank" >LC06046: Research Centre on Schooling</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2008

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Electronic Journal of Science Education

ISSN

1087-3430

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

16

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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