Plant awareness is linked to plant relevance: A review of educational and ethnobiological literature (1998–2020)

BC Stagg, J Dillon - Plants, People, Planet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement This research attempts to provide novel insights into plant
awareness disparity (plant blindness), through a systematic and critical examination of the …

Measuring students' plant awareness: A prerequisite for effective botany education

P Pany, FD Meier, B Dünser, T Yanagida… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The term 'Plant Blindness' describes people tending to overlook plants, even
though they have an enormous importance for life on earth, especially because of their …

Integrating perspectives from education for sustainable development to foster plant awareness among trainee science teachers: A mixed methods study

K Fiel'ardh, I Fardhani, H Fujii - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This mixed-method study aimed to investigate the efficacy of an intervention unit that
integrates perspectives from Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to foster plant …

Nota Científica-É tempo de superar termos capacitistas no ensino de Biologia: impercepção botânica como alternativa para" cegueira botânica"

S Ursi, A Salatino - Boletim de Botânica, 2022 - revistas.usp.br
“Cegueira botânica” é um termo amplamente conhecido na área de ensino de biologia para
expressar a incapacidade do ser humano de perceber as plantas no ambiente, além da …

Branches of plant blindness and their relationship with biodiversity conceptualisation among secondary students

O Pedrera, U Ortega-Lasuen… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Although citizenship's literacy in biodiversity is a promising way of confronting its loss, the
unawareness about this topic is generalised particularly regarding plants. The latter …

Plant blindness: A focus on its biological basis

A Achurra - Frontiers in Education, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant blindness or the inability to notice plants in one's everyday life is a complex
phenomenon in the field of science education. Although plant blindness is well documented …

Botanical priming helps overcome plant blindness on a memory task

G Zani, J Low - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Humans often fail to notice plants in the environment and our plant blindness leads to an
inability to prioritise plants equally to other living categories such as animals. Evidence for …

Secondary school students' familiarity with animals and plants: hometown size matters

O Barrutia, A Ruiz-González… - Environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Species literacy is an important aspect of biodiversity education. This study assesses the
ability of secondary students (12/13 years old; n= 944) to list wild animals and plants and …

The factors which influence the continuance intention of teachers in using the interactive digital identification key for trees in elementary school science education

B Anđić, A Šorgo, D Stešević, Z Lavicza - EURASIA Journal of …, 2022 - ejmste.com
It is hard to imagine biology education without the identification of the species of interest,
mostly with the implementation of a dichotomous key. Digital identification keys (DIKs) have …

How managers and city dwellers relate to spontaneous vegetation in cities: Towards an integrative approach

M Deparis, N Legay, F Isselin-Nondedeu… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
The promotion of spontaneous vegetation is recognized as a promising way to develop
urban biodiversity at multiple scales. However, enhancing spontaneous vegetation in highly …