Teacher training as a means to sustained and multiplicative behavior change: An example using fuel‐efficient stoves,American Journal of Primatology

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Teacher training as a means to sustained and multiplicative behavior change: An example using fuel‐efficient stoves
American Journal of Primatology ( IF 2.0 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-11 , DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23193
Corinne J Kendall ₁ , Austin Leeds ₂ , John Tinka ₃ , Kristen E Lukas ₄ , Elizabeth Folta ₁

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Chimpanzee conservation is dependent on addressing key threats such as habitat degradation, which is fueled by collection of firewood in Uganda′s Kibale National Park. To address this threat, sustained behavior change that reduces dependence on fuelwood is needed. One of the greatest challenges for conservation education programs and behavior change campaigns is to have long‐term and consistent effects on communities. Teacher trainings have potential to influence a large number of students over an extended period of time. In this study, we tested if teacher training on an activity designed to reduce community impact on the environment and thus reduce habitat encroachment in a critical chimpanzee habitat—construction of fuel‐efficient stoves (FES)—could lead to retained knowledge and attitude improvements for students as well as sustained behavioral change in communities around Kibale National Park up to 2 years after initial training on the topic. We consistently found improvements in student knowledge and attitude change between the beginning and end of the year for third‐ and sixth‐grade students in 11 program schools, but not in four control schools. In addition, the number of FES built by 120 teachers engaged in the program and their students continued to average over 150 stoves per year across 4 years. Our study suggests that teacher training can lead to sustained and multiplicative behavior change, which may mitigate threats to chimpanzees and other wildlife threatened by habitat encroachment in the park over time.

中文翻译：

教师培训作为持续和倍增的行为改变的一种手段：使用节能炉灶的例子

黑猩猩保护依赖于解决栖息地退化等关键威胁，乌干达基巴莱国家公园的木柴收集加剧了栖息地退化。为了应对这一威胁，需要持续改变行为以减少对薪材的依赖。保护教育计划和行为改变运动面临的最大挑战之一是对社区产生长期和持续的影响。教师培训有可能在很长一段时间内影响大量学生。在这项研究中，我们测试了教师对旨在减少社区对环境影响的活动的培训，从而减少对重要黑猩猩栖息地的栖息地侵占——建造节能炉灶 (FES)——是否可以为学生以及学生保留知识和态度改善在对该主题进行初步培训后长达 2 年，Kibale 国家公园周围社区的行为持续改变。我们一致发现 11 所项目学校的三年级和六年级学生在年初和年底之间的学生知识和态度变化有所改善，但在 4 所对照学校中则不然。此外，参与该计划的 120 名教师和他们的学生建造的 FES 数量在 4 年内平均每年继续超过 150 个炉灶。

更新日期：2020-10-11

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