Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6510
Authors: Sieg, Anne-Kathrin
Dreesmann, Daniel
Title: Promoting pro-environmental BEEhavior in school : factors leading to eco-friendly student action
Online publication date: 15-Nov-2021
Year of first publication: 2021
Language: english
Abstract: Many insects, including numerous species of wild bees, are currently threatened with extinction. Environmental education in schools is a suitable starting point to draw attention to this problem, to raise awareness of biodiversity, and to highlight potential actions to protect wild bees and other insects. This study examined the relationship between pro-environmental behavior intentions and knowledge, attitude, fear, interest, and enjoyment of learning in a school intervention involving hands-on activities with living bumblebees. In total, 188 German 10- to 14-year-old high-school students participated in the project and took care of bumblebee colonies. Environmentally friendly behavioral intentions increased significantly between the pretest and posttest; however, no significant increase was found between the pretest and follow-up test. Bumblebee-friendly, pro-environmental behavior intentions correlated highly with attitude and interest, and correlated with knowledge and learning enjoyment with a medium effect size.
DDC: 370 Erziehung
370 Education
570 Biowissenschaften
570 Life sciences
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 10 Biologie
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6510
Version: Published version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License: CC BY
Information on rights of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal: Sustainability
13
12
Pages or article number: 6598
Publisher: MDPI
Publisher place: Basel
Issue date: 2021
ISSN: 2071-1050
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126598
Publisher DOI: 10.3390/su13126598
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