Interest in Birds and Its Relationship with Attitudes and Myths: A Cross-Cultural Study in Countries with Different Levels of Economic Development

Autor/inn/en	Hummel, Eberhard; Fancovicová, Jana; Randler, Christoph; Ozel, Murat; Usak, Muhammet; Medina-Jerez, William; Prokop, Pavol
Titel	Interest in Birds and Its Relationship with Attitudes and Myths: A Cross-Cultural Study in Countries with Different Levels of Economic Development
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 15 (2015) 1, S.285-296 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Animals; Questionnaires; Student Interests; Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Biodiversity; Gender Differences; Knowledge Level; Attitude Measures; Economic Development; Correlation; Internet; Role; Misconceptions; Science Education; Factor Analysis; Colombia; Germany; Slovakia; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Animal; Tier; Tiere; Fragebogen; Studieninteresse; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Biodiversität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Wissensbasis; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Korrelation; Rollen; Missverständnis; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Faktorenanalyse; Kolumbien; Deutschland; Slowakei; Türkei
Abstract	Birds are one of the most important species that can help protect biodiversity. Although birds are important beings for biodiversity and human existence, there is a relatively less quantity of research that has investigated the interest in and attitudes toward birds. This study aims to investigate the knowledge level of and attitudes toward birds among students in countries at different levels of economic development. To collect the data, a Bird Knowledge Questionnaire and a Bird Attitude Questionnaire were developed and used by the researchers in this study. These questionnaires were administered to a total of 852 students from different countries, including Colombia, Germany, Slovakia, and Turkey. The results obtained in this study showed that Colombian students had the highest interest in birds as compared to students in Slovakia, Turkey, and Germany. Girls had consistently higher interest in birds than boys in all countries, but there were no gender differences in the cognitive domain. Our research suggests that factual knowledge about birds is not a necessary prerequisite for interest in birds, but animal-related activities show strong associations with an interest in birds. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01