| dc.creator | Quesada-Acuña,Sergio Gabriel | |
| dc.creator | Pérez-Gómez,Gabriela | |
| dc.date | 2020-12-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-25T14:35:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-25T14:35:16Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1659-42662020000200473 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8822687 | |
| dc.description | Abstract Introduction: Snakes suffer persecution by humans for misperception, misinformation, and fear. In addition, snakes are threatened by habitat decline, which leads them to seek new territories, favoring human-snake encounters. In Costa Rica these threats also exist in the inhabitants of the city, even in those with a high academic level. To favor the conservation of snakes, it is necessary to implement environmental education strategies aimed at a specific target audience. One possible tool is the creation and dissemination of educational videos, which increase knowledge and improve decision-making for their conservation. Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of an educational video as a tool to change the perception and knowledge about snakes in adults of high educational level in Costa Rica. Methods: We worked with 340 officials from the UNED headquarters, to whom we had applied an initial diagnosis in 2019. We separated the same participants into two groups: 240 officials received an educational video on snakes from the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) that we generated for them and 100 officials received a journalistic video as a control group. Finally, we evaluate their responses in a comparative way with respect to the previous diagnosis. Results: After observing the respective video, 75% of the officials maintain their perception of snakes and 68% would act in the same way in case of an encounter. However, 51,5% showed improvement in their general knowledge about snakes, showing dependence on the video observed. Conclusions: The educational video improved the general knowledge about snakes, but the environmental education effort has to face a high percentage of disinterest on the part of the population, which is a challenge for the conservation of snakes. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica | |
| dc.relation | 10.22458/urj.v12i2.3033 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Cuadernos de Investigación UNED v.12 n.2 2020 | |
| dc.subject | Environmental education | |
| dc.subject | Human-Snake conflict | |
| dc.subject | Snakes from Costa Rica | |
| dc.subject | Urban ecology | |
| dc.subject | Video | |
| dc.title | The video as a tool to change perceptions and knowledge about snakes in adults with a high academic level in Costa Rica | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
