Should Animal Welfare be Included in Educational Programs? Attitudes of Secondary and University Students from Eight EU Countries
| Autor: | Daiva Ribikauskienė, Zein Kallas, Antoni Dalmau, Antonio Velarde, Diego Magnani, Lourdes Reig, Vicky Protopapadaki, Maria Moreno, Niloofar Pejman, Vytautas Ribikauskas |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Producció Animal, Benestar Animal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Sostenibilitat, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CREDA - Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament Agroalimentari |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economic growth
University General Veterinary Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ramaderia [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] Animal production Animals -- Protecció Economía Agroalimentaria Eu countries Economía Sociología y Política Agraria Animals--Protecció (Europa) Animal welfare Political science Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ramaderia::Producció animal [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] Agrotech media_common.cataloged_instance Animal Science and Zoology European Union European union Secondary school media_common Educational programs |
| Zdroj: | Repositorio Digital de la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU (FUSPCEU) IRTA Pubpro. Open Digital Archive Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA) UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Popis: | Animal Welfare (AW) educational programs aim to promote positive attitudes of future generations toward animal production systems. This study investigated whether secondary and university students in the majors that are not related to AW teaching believe that this concept should be included also in their educational programs. The determinant factors affecting students’ attitudes toward such a decision were analyzed. This research has focused on eight European countries (Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland, Greece, Lithuania, Romania, Italy, and Sweden) targeting 3,881 respondents composed of 1,952 secondary and 1,929 university students. The results showed that female university students with a high level of subjective and objective knowledge on AW and who required more restrictive AW regulations, gave support to include the concept in their educational programs. However, Students who support medical experiments that use animals to improve human health were less likely to accept AW education. Furthermore, students in Italy compared to those in Sweden were prone to support AW educational programs. Results highlight the importance of teaching the AW concept as a comprehensive teaching tool at universities and schools’ programs as it may constitute a starting point for a more sustainable society toward improving animal living conditions, mainly in the Mediterranean countries in secondary schools. info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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