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Bridging the Lecturer/Student Divide: The Role of Residential Field Courses
In: Bioscience education electronic journal: BEE-j, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 1-5
ISSN: 1479-7860
Keeping hunting bans on target
Letter: The U.K. government has proposed an Animals Abroad Bill, which would ban the import of hunting trophies. However, this ban is not clearly based on any deontological moral position or system of virtue ethics (Bichel,2021) because domestic trophy hunting and hunting trophy exports will still be allowed. Nevertheless, the U.K. Government claims its import ban will "disincentivize trophy hunting.and send a positive signal internationally."
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Waste Management in the Stingless Bee Melipona beecheii Bennett (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
In: Sociobiology: an international journal on social insects, Band 61, Heft 4
Teaching Complex and Controversial Issues: Importance of In-Situ Experiences in Changing Perceptions of Global Challenges
In: World, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 214-224
ISSN: 2673-4060
Engaging people with controversial and emotive issues that are inherently complex is challenging, especially when those issues are multifaceted or multidisciplinary, span environmental, economic, social, and political contexts, are global in scope, or where circumstances and implications differ spatially. Teaching such issues requires teachers and learners to navigate a challenging landscape of nuance and conflicting perspectives; immersive place-based learning might facilitate more meaningful exploration of such issues, but this has not previously been studied. In a multi-institution international study, we surveyed 164 participants (12 groups; 9 institutions) before and after an immersive fieldtrip in South Africa to assess perceptions on contentious issues. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests showed that participants had statistically significant opinion shifts for 17 of 18 statements, including those where change was likely due to improved knowledge or indicative of deeper attitude shifts. Generalised Linear Modelling revealed that propensity for opinion shifts was not influenced by demographics (age, gender), location (country of origin) or trip type (formal or informal). We conclude that in an increasingly complex world, context-relevant immersive experiences that facilitate deep learning by providing opportunities to explore contentious issues in situ are an ever-more valuable tool, not just for attainment but also for developing personal perspectives and as a catalyst for societal transitions.
The Role of Overseas Field Courses in Student Learning in the Biosciences
In: Bioscience education electronic journal: BEE-j, S. 0-0
ISSN: 1479-7860
Comparing the effectiveness of camera trapping, driven transects and ad hoc records for surveying nocturnal mammals against a known species assemblage
In: Community ecology: CE ; interdisciplinary journal reporting progress in community and population studies, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 27-39
ISSN: 1588-2756