Gregor Torkar

TL;DR: This paper explored trainee teachers' conceptions and ideas about endangered bird species and their protection and found that the majority of students thought that human intervention is needed to protect endangered birds species and one out of five gave no answer to the question posed, or lacked knowledge to address the issue.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on human-otter interactions in Slovenia and obtained data about secondary-school students' knowledge of and attitudes toward the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) and its conservation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide evidence of the significant life experiences that have influenced teachers' attitudes towards the environment and present their teaching practices within environmental education, including direct experience of nature, discussions about environmental problems, active participation of students in environmental activities and the importance of teachers as role models.

TL;DR: Treagust et al. as mentioned in this paper discuss the important roles multiple external representations have in biology education in order to make learning and teaching most effective, and illustrate teaching and learning strategies to enhance students' ability to construct mental models and internal representations.

TL;DR: In this article, the main study objective was to determine how primary and lower secondary school students' valuations and perceptions of ecosystem services as provisioning (produces timber, food, and fuel), regulating (regulates the climate, protects against natural hazards, produces clean water, produces soil, and produces clean air), cultural (a place for recreation, for relaxation and deep thinking, for physical/sports activities, with aesthetic value), and supporting (a habitat for animals, plants, and mushrooms) are affected by their knowledge of ecology and direct experiences in forests.