Some Aspects of Teaching Species Diversity in and out of schools in Hungary

Nowadays young students are among the most significant target groups who need to gain experience from the world that currently exist around them in order to acquire knowledge about the up-to-date environmental and nature conservation matters, especially about the issue of biodiversity as the basis of our existence. But do we teach them what is around them in the science lessons? In many cases, the drastic decline in biodiversity might even result from that young generation does not always have access to sufficient and up-to-date information merely from textbooks. However, experience with the immediate environment and the active involvement of the wildlife provided by the schools would be irreplaceable. This article summarizes the results of a survey, which was filled up by 800 Hungarian science teachers. The results provide insight into their opinion and habits regarding going out to nature while teaching. The analysis extends to several diversity matters such as examining the school garden or trees nearby. The current article was written as part of a research on the effect of light pollution on wildlife, biodiversity in particular and supported by the project EFOP 3.6.2-16-2017-00014.