Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees
Scratching or carving on trees by visitors is a common depreciative behaviour in most recreational forest. Besides spoiling the tree's beauty, damaging its wood, causing infection, thwarting tree's growth or even causing its death, scratch marks on trees will potentially make visitors feel...
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| author | M., Roslina Mariapan, Manohar Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan Aziz, Azlizam Ramlan, Mohd Aswad |
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| description | Scratching or carving on trees by visitors is a common depreciative behaviour in most recreational forest. Besides spoiling the tree's beauty, damaging its wood, causing infection, thwarting tree's growth or even causing its death, scratch marks on trees will potentially make visitors feel angry and uneasy. Wetlands Environmental Interpretation Program (WEIP) was designed by the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) to tackle this problem. About 72 fifth graders of two approximately similar classes from a National Primary School in FRIM were participants of an experiment. The effects of WEIP on the children's attitude towards depreciative behaviour were investigated. A self-administered questionnaire was given in situ to both the intervention and control groups. The respondents' behaviours were monitored for depreciative behaviours. The results revealed that interpretive learning experiences positively affected the school children's attitude towards scratching on trees. The message conveyed through environmental interpretative learning experiences could help resource managers in curtailing depreciative behaviours by influencing human attitude on the negative acts on flora, fauna, human and the environment. |
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| spelling | upm-323742017-04-27T02:03:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32374/ Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees M., Roslina Mariapan, Manohar Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan Aziz, Azlizam Ramlan, Mohd Aswad Scratching or carving on trees by visitors is a common depreciative behaviour in most recreational forest. Besides spoiling the tree's beauty, damaging its wood, causing infection, thwarting tree's growth or even causing its death, scratch marks on trees will potentially make visitors feel angry and uneasy. Wetlands Environmental Interpretation Program (WEIP) was designed by the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) to tackle this problem. About 72 fifth graders of two approximately similar classes from a National Primary School in FRIM were participants of an experiment. The effects of WEIP on the children's attitude towards depreciative behaviour were investigated. A self-administered questionnaire was given in situ to both the intervention and control groups. The respondents' behaviours were monitored for depreciative behaviours. The results revealed that interpretive learning experiences positively affected the school children's attitude towards scratching on trees. The message conveyed through environmental interpretative learning experiences could help resource managers in curtailing depreciative behaviours by influencing human attitude on the negative acts on flora, fauna, human and the environment. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32374/1/17.%20Effectiveness%20of%20Wetland%20Interpretation%20in%20Affecting%20School.pdf M., Roslina and Mariapan, Manohar and Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan and Aziz, Azlizam and Ramlan, Mohd Aswad (2013) Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 36 (S). pp. 195-204. ISSN 1511-3701; ESSN: 2231-8542 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2036%20(S)%20Dec.%202013/18%20Page%20195-204%20(JTAS%200473-2012).pdf |
| spellingShingle | M., Roslina Mariapan, Manohar Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan Aziz, Azlizam Ramlan, Mohd Aswad Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees |
| title | Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees |
| title_full | Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees |
| title_short | Effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees |
| title_sort | effectiveness of wetland interpretation in affecting school children's attitude towards scratching of trees |
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