TY - JOUR

T1 - Do student teachers’ wildlife value orientations impact how they judge management actions of carnivore species from different habitat status groups?

AU - Remmele, Martin

AU - Bruckermann, Till

N1 - Funding Information: We are grateful to Bianca Meier and Katharina Muenz for gathering the data.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Lethal management of carnivore species in Germany differs according to the species habitat status (i.e., for new arrivals, long-established, or re-colonizing species). Management actions are not always accepted by the public. Since prospective teachers are future multipliers of public acceptance of lethal management, and teaching is influenced by ones’ value orientations, we investigated student teachers’ (N = 95) decisions on lethal management of carnivore species of different habitat status groups in relation to their wildlife value orientations (WVOs). Our results show that student teachers’ WVOs are more strongly associated with certain management actions for new arrivals and re-colonizing species than for long-established species. In those cases, their WVOs are more likely to affect teaching of decision-making in the context of management actions. Thus, teacher education should support student teachers in reflecting their value orientations for teaching local biodiversity protection.

AB - Lethal management of carnivore species in Germany differs according to the species habitat status (i.e., for new arrivals, long-established, or re-colonizing species). Management actions are not always accepted by the public. Since prospective teachers are future multipliers of public acceptance of lethal management, and teaching is influenced by ones’ value orientations, we investigated student teachers’ (N = 95) decisions on lethal management of carnivore species of different habitat status groups in relation to their wildlife value orientations (WVOs). Our results show that student teachers’ WVOs are more strongly associated with certain management actions for new arrivals and re-colonizing species than for long-established species. In those cases, their WVOs are more likely to affect teaching of decision-making in the context of management actions. Thus, teacher education should support student teachers in reflecting their value orientations for teaching local biodiversity protection.

KW - carnivores

KW - Habitat status

KW - predators

KW - student teachers

KW - wildlife value orientation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85134548766&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/10871209.2022.2101721

DO - 10.1080/10871209.2022.2101721

M3 - Article

VL - 28

SP - 490

EP - 498

JO - Human Dimensions of Wildlife

JF - Human Dimensions of Wildlife

SN - 1087-1209

IS - 5

ER -