Tasting to preserve: An educational activity to promote children's positive attitudes towards intraspecific diversity conservation.

ABSTRACT: On the edge of causing the sixth big mass extinction event, the development of positive attitudes towards the conservation of intraspecific diversity from early ages is essential to overcome the biodiversity crisis we currently face. However, there is no information available on elementary school students' attitudes toward intraspecific diversity conservation nor is there a framework available to perform such analysis. For this study we designed, implemented, and evaluated an educational activity planned for third graders (8 to 13 years old) to explore the intraspecific diversity of vegetables and promote healthy eating habits. Additionally, a framework was developed to evaluate students' attitudes towards intraspecific diversity conservation and applied to semi-structured interviews condu

SUBMITTER: Pessoa P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10781109 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature