A Study on the Elementary School Teachers’ Cognitions and Attitudes toward Animal Protection Education in Penghu County

• Main Authors: WANG, I-LING, 王逸伶
• Other Authors: OU-YANG, YIN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6dm53h

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 教育學系課程與教學教學碩士班 === 106 === The purposes of this study were to investigate the current status for congnitions and attitudes toward animal protection education on Penghu County elementary school teachers’, to compare the differences arising from different backgrounds, and furthermore to analyze relevant circumstances of teachers’ cognitions and attitude toward animal protection. The methodologies adopted in this study was questionnaire survey. The research tool was the questionnaire of〝The Study on Elementary Teachers’ Cognitions and Attitudes toward Animal Protection in Penghu County”designed by the researcher. The subjects are the teachers teaching on Penghu County elementary schools. 580 copies were distributed, and 434 valid responses were collected, resulting in a valid response rate of 74.63%. The collected data were analyzed using methods including descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe method, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. The main findings were as follows: 1. 60% of the elementary teachers' cognition toward animal protection education reaches higher level. The congnition of “the concept of animal protection education and related issues” is particularly outstanding. 2. The elementary teachers' attitude toward animal protection education is above the average level, in particularly, “the attitude toward animal protection and related content” reaches a good and positive level. 3. The background variables influence the elementary teachers' cognition toward animal protection education are the experiences of animal-raising. This factor achieve significant differences. 4. The background variables influence the elementary teachers' attitude toward animal protection education are the genders, years of teaching experience, position, locations of the schools, and the experiences of animal-raising. These factors achieve significant differences. 5. The relevance of the elementary teachers' cognition and attitude toward the animal protecion education is significent and positive.