Attitudes to Animal Dilemmas: An Exploratory Comparison between Mexican and English Children

Autor/in	Barraza, Laura
Titel	Attitudes to Animal Dilemmas: An Exploratory Comparison between Mexican and English Children
Quelle	In: International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 5 (2015) 2, S.40-61 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-0329
Schlagwörter	Animals; Empathy; Moral Development; Conservation (Environment); Negative Attitudes; Ecology; School Role; Comparative Analysis; Entomology; Zoology; Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; Affective Behavior; Elementary School Students; Student Attitudes; Content Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; Statistical Analysis; Mexico; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Animal; Tier; Tiere; Empathie; Moralische Entwicklung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Negative Fixierung; Ökologie; Entomologie; Zoologie; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Schülerverhalten; Inhaltsanalyse; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Statistische Analyse; Mexiko
Abstract	This research explores some of the factors that influence the relations about empathy and/or rejection that children establish towards some animal species. The role that school has within the social context in these dynamics was considered. Attitudes of young children (aged 7 to 9) from Mexico and England towards specific animal species, examining attitudinal differences not only between cultures, and educational systems, but between species have been compared. Ecological dilemmas involving animals are used as a method to analyse children's constructions of the environment in the field of moral development and conservation. Children expressed more negative attitudes towards spiders and snakes, than towards monkeys and birds. Although these attitudes in themselves are not surprising, the material in this study provides new information on how young children construct their moral ideas on conservation matters through the used of ecological dilemmas. Children's reactions vary according to culture, experience, affiliation for a particular animal and school ethos. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education. Aksaray Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi, Ilkogretim Bolumu, Kampus, Aksaray 68100, Turkey. e-mail: iejeegreen@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.iejeegreen.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01