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Cultural probes for environmental education : Designing learning materials to e...
Matos, Sónia; Silva, Alexandra R.; Sousa, Duarte; Picanço, Ana; Rosário, Isabel Amorim do; Ashby, Simone; Gabriel, Rosalina; Arroz, Ana MouraDirect contact with nature is paramount in deepening children’s and teenagers’ interest in biodiversity. Learning materials chosen to convey information and engage participants during outings in nature-rich environments are varied and can support rich learning experiences. For this purpose, learning materials can be acquired "off-the-shelf" or developed for site-specific locations or projects. However, there is...
Nature exposure scale : Psychometric properties, reliability and validity evide...
Arroz, Ana Moura; Picanço, Ana; Silva, Alexandra R.; Rosário, Isabel Amorim do; Gabriel, RosalinaAlthough exposure to nature has asserted its impact on health and well-being in numerous studies, the way in which it is assessed is still problematic and there are no validated measures for Portuguese-speaking countries. Hence, in this study, we carried out a psychometric analysis of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES), a self-report instrument with four Likert items, from its administration to a convenience sampl...
Guia de atividades pedagógicas : À (re)descoberta da natureza
Silva, Alexandra R.; Gabriel, Rosalina; Rosário, Isabel Amorim do; Arroz, Ana Moura; Picanço, Ana; Matos, SóniaNum contexto escolar em que os alunos estão menos vezes do que o desejável em contacto direto com ambientes naturais, pretende-se, no âmbito do projeto de investigação Guia de Campo, disponibilizar a professores, pais e jovens um conjunto de atividades de exploração da natureza idealizadas de modo a diversificar os tipos de inteligência, de experiências e de elementos naturais abrangidos. De acordo com a aborda...
Ask a Scientist : using place-based mobile learning to promote adolescents’ int...
Silva, Alexandra R.; Gabriel, Rosalina; Arroz, Ana Moura; Sousa, Daniel; Piasentin, Flora Bonazzi; Rosário, Isabel Amorim do; Matos, SóniaQuestioning can be an important instrument to promote students' interest in nature. In this study, based on questions from local adolescents about nature, we designed mobile learning materials focused on local nature-rich environments in the form of podcast episodes and tested them, in a quasi-experimental design, with a new group of adolescents to assess their efficacy in promoting participants’ curiosity abou...
What Is Most Desirable for Nature? An Analysis of Azorean Pupils’ Biodiversity ...
Piasentin, Flora Bonazzi; Gabriel, Rosalina; Arroz, Ana Moura; Silva, Alexandra R.; Amorim, Isabel R.Understanding pupils’ biodiversity perspectives is essential to developing educators’ sensitivity to students’ multi-faceted views of the world, thus increasing teaching effectiveness. In this study, we asked 1528 school pupils in the Azores to choose between alternative schemes in three ecological scenarios and to justify their decisions. The study’s objectives were to understand biodiversity perspectives unde...