| Botanic gardens can positively influence visitors' environmental attitudes | |
| Williams, Sophie J.; Jones, Julia P. G.; Gibbons, James M.; Clubbe, Colin | |
| 2015 | |
| Source Publication | BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
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| ISSN | 0960-3115 |
| Volume | 24Issue:7Pages:1609-1620 |
| Abstract | Botanic gardens often highlight public education as a priority. Increasing knowledge about biodiversity conservation is a frequently stated aim of environmental education. This is often based on the assumption that increasing knowledge may generate positive environmental attitudes. We investigate the relationship between knowledge and environmental attitudes and whether visits to botanic gardens alter visitors' ecological knowledge and environmental attitudes. We surveyed 1054 visitors at five UK botanic gardens, half of whom were interviewed on entry and half leaving. Our results suggest a strong positive relationship between knowledge and attitudes, although we are unable to disentangle cause and effect. We show botanic gardens have little influence on knowledge, however environmental attitudes are more positive amongst those leaving a botanic garden. This study presents the first quantitative evidence showing botanic gardens can positively influence visitors' environmental attitudes. With over 300 million visitors a year globally, botanic gardens have the potential to greatly improve knowledge about, and attitudes towards plant conservation. Evaluating the influence botanic gardens may have on visitors can be useful both in demonstrating to funders the contribution they make, and to allow learning and development of approaches to maximise the benefits of environmental education schemes in botanic gardens. |
| Keyword | Environmental Education New Ecological Paradigm Ecological Knowledge Gspc Conservation |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/9175 |
| Collection | 其他 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Williams, Sophie J.,Jones, Julia P. G.,Gibbons, James M.,et al. Botanic gardens can positively influence visitors' environmental attitudes[J]. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION,2015,24(7):1609-1620. |
| APA | Williams, Sophie J.,Jones, Julia P. G.,Gibbons, James M.,&Clubbe, Colin.(2015).Botanic gardens can positively influence visitors' environmental attitudes.BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION,24(7),1609-1620. |
| MLA | Williams, Sophie J.,et al."Botanic gardens can positively influence visitors' environmental attitudes".BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 24.7(2015):1609-1620. |
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