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Teachers’ perspectives and practices on biodiversity web portals as an opportunity to reconnect education with nature

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dc.contributor.authorPicanço, Ana
dc.contributor.authorArroz, Ana Moura
dc.contributor.authorAmorim, Isabel R.
dc.contributor.authorMatos, Sónia
dc.contributor.authorGabriel, Rosalina
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-24T10:12:44Z
dc.date.available2021-09-24T10:12:44Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.description.abstractBiodiversity loss is a complex issue and a risk that education cannot overlook. Teachers play a crucial role in how biodiversity, and in particular local biodiversity, is understood. To provide insight into how to improve communication on the subject, we investigate teachers’ perspectives and social representations regarding biodiversity, their fluency in terms of Internet use, their familiarity with biodiversity web portals and perceived pedagogical usefulness of technology. A sample of 243 K–12 schoolteachers of multiple scientific domains from eight Azorean islands answered an online survey, including three free-word association tests using inductive terms such as ‘Internet’, ‘biodiversity’ and ‘familiar biodiversity portals’. Overall, the schoolteachers failed to incorporate the multidimensionality of the biodiversity concept (including natural science teachers) or to show technological fluency, and they tended not to use biodiversity web portals as tools to engage students in teaching activities. Our results indicate that teachers’ perspectives about biodiversity need to be broadened and improved and that it is worth exploring whether information and communication technology represents a window of opportunity to do so. As an example, biodiversity web portals, which are widely recognized as trustworthy information repositories, may be used to engage teachers in this endeavour.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by Portuguese funds through ‘Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.’ (FCT), under the project ‘Field Guide’ (PTDC/CED-EDG/31182/2017), the ‘FCT multi-year project 2020– 2023’ (cE3c/GBA UIDB/00329/2020) and by FEDER in 85% and Azorean Public funds in 15% through ‘Operational Program Azores 2020’, under the project AZORESBIOPORTAL–PORBIOTA (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072). IRA was supported by FCT, under the ‘Norma Transitória’ (DL57/2016/CP1375/ CT0003).pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationPicanço, A., Arroz, A.M., Amorim, I.R., Matos, S. & Gabriel, R. (2021). Teachers’ perspectives and practices on biodiversity web portals as an opportunity to reconnect education with nature. "Environmental Conservation", 48(1), 25-32. DOI:10.1017/S0376892920000405pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0376892920000405pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1469-4387
dc.identifier.issn0376-8929
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6070
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dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherCambridge University Presspt_PT
dc.relationDL57/2016/CP1375/CT0003pt_PT
dc.relationcE3c/GBA-UIDB/00329/2020pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/abs/teachers-perspectives-and-practices-on-biodiversity-web-portals-as-an-opportunity-to-reconnect-education-with-nature/6011662C23382A871E335C8E5C016910pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAzorespt_PT
dc.subjectBiodiversity Educationpt_PT
dc.subjectDigital Educationpt_PT
dc.subjectFree-word Associationpt_PT
dc.subjectICTpt_PT
dc.subjectNature Experiencept_PT
dc.subjectPlace-based Educationpt_PT
dc.subjectSocial Representationspt_PT
dc.titleTeachers’ perspectives and practices on biodiversity web portals as an opportunity to reconnect education with naturept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceUnited Kingdompt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage32pt_PT
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oaire.citation.startPage25pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEnvironmental Conservationpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume48pt_PT
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