An Anthropocentric Approach to Saving Biodiversity: Kenyan Pupils' Attitudes towards Parks and Wildlife

Autor/in	Ali, Ibrahim M.
Titel	An Anthropocentric Approach to Saving Biodiversity: Kenyan Pupils' Attitudes towards Parks and Wildlife
Quelle	In: Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 5 (2006) 1, S.21-32 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-015X
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Biodiversity; Foreign Countries; Wildlife; Conservation (Environment); Conservation Education; Environmental Education; Natural Resources; Well Being; Attitude Measures; Social Influences; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Age Differences; Africa; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Biodiversität; Ausland; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Sozialer Einfluss; Sekundarschüler; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Afrika; Kenia
Abstract	This study used an unobtrusive attitude survey and questionnaires to investigate Kenyan pupils' attitudes towards parks and wildlife. The positive attitudes found result from their understanding of the link between these resources and their own wellbeing. The sentiments about parks and wildlife expressed by the pupils are an extraction of the prevailing world-view which they bring to the classroom from their homes. This perception is not antienvironment or antiecological. It is a perception constructed from the social realities of parks and wildlife within their society. Thus, pupils' attitudinal profiles about parks and wildlife can be described as being mainly constituted by the Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP). This DSP becomes the culture around which biodiversity is valued and conserved. It is therefore a form of anthropocentricism that might help to safeguard the ecological balance and landscape in rural Africa. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10