Are adolescents from a forest community well-informed about forest management? Ruiz-Mallen, Isabel and Barraza, Laura 2008, Are adolescents from a forest community well-informed about forest management?, Journal biological education, vol. 42, no. 3, Summer, pp. 104-111. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Are adolescents from a forest community well-informed about forest management? Author(s) Ruiz-Mallen, Isabel Barraza, Laura Journal name Journal biological education Volume number 42 Issue number 3 Season Summer Start page 104 End page 111 Total pages 8 Publisher Society of Biology Place of publication London, England Publication date 2008 ISSN 0021-9266 Summary The indigenous community of San Juan Nuevo Parangaricutiro in Mexico has been engaged in a successful Community Forest Enterprise employing sustainable management practices since 1981. These environmental practices do not seem to be reflected in the educational programmes developed at school. In this study, the environmental knowledge and interest of 102 students at high-school (15 to 18 years old) towards forestry management were analysed. The association between their knowledge and interests in environmental issues was also estimated. These analyses examine their interest in forest management as potential employment and the effect of the educational system on environmental learning. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was used. Results showed that environmental concepts were poorly understood despite their inclusion in the curriculum. Adolescents did not envisage working in the forest in the future because they showed no interest in forest activities. Educational implications and strategies to encourage adolescents to become involved in community forest management are crucial for conservation. Language eng Field of Research 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, Society of Biology Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30025621 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 25 Mar 2010, 14:15:06 EST Fri, 09 Apr 2010, 14:58:28 EST Wed, 14 Apr 2010, 10:56:22 EST Wed, 19 Oct 2011, 14:02:56 EST Wed, 19 Oct 2011, 14:04:24 EST Wed, 09 Oct 2013, 14:19:17 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:33:06 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 6 times in TR Web of Science Cited 7 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 552 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 25 Mar 2010, 14:15:06 EST