Zusammenfassung
Ein wichtiger Weg zur Verbesserung der Verwaltung von Ökosystemen ist die Bildung. Dieser Beitrag liefert Informationen über die Probleme im Zusammenhang mit marinen Ökosystemen in einem Cluster von städtischen Küstengemeinden in Ghana. In Fokusgruppen-Diskussionen und Interviews mit wichtigen Informationsträgern schlugen die Interessengruppen vor, die Bildung im Bereich der der Verwaltung von Ökosystemen so zu gestalten, dass einheimische Wissenssysteme der lokalen Umwelt, praktische Ansätze und nachhaltige Lösungen integriert werden. Fünf integrierte nicht-formale Lehrmaterialien wurden nach dem vorgeschlagenen Bildungsmodell entworfen. Diese wurden auf Pilotbasis in ausgewählten Gruppen von Studenten und Gemeindemitgliedern getestet. Die Zufriedenheit der Evaluatoren und Teilnehmer wurde verwendet, um die Wirksamkeit des Modells durch Fragebogenbefragungen in deskriptiven Studien zu bewerten. Die Bewertungsfaktoren wurden auf einer Likert-Skala bewertet und sind untergliedert in inhaltliche Fairness und Genauigkeit, Entwicklung, instruktive Stichhaltigkeit und Verwendbarkeit des Modells zur Verbesserung der Verwaltung von Ökosystemen in städtischen Gemeinschaften. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Nutzung des vorgeschlagenen Bildungsansatzes zur Verbesserung der Gesundheit und Widerstandsfähigkeit des Ökosystems in hohem Maße zufrieden stellend ist.
Abstract
One critical avenue for improving Ecosystem Stewardship is education. This paper provides information on the issues pertaining to aquatic ecosystems in a cluster of urban coastal communities in Ghana. Through focus group discussions and key informant interviews, major stakeholders proposed that ecosystem stewardship education should be structured to integrate indigenous knowledge systems of the local environment, practical approaches and sustainable solutions. Five integrated non-formal educational materials were designed following the proposed educational model. These were tested on selected groups of students and community members on a pilot basis. Evaluators and participants’ satisfaction was used to assess the effectiveness of the model through questionnaire surveys in descriptive studies. The assessment factors were scored on a Likert-type scale. These factors addressed the opinions of evaluators on the educational strategy, in terms of content fairness and accuracy, development, instructional soundness and usability of the model for enhancing ecosystem stewardship in urban communities. The results suggest that there is a high level of satisfaction with the use of the proposed educational approach to enhance ecosystem health and resilience.
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The research for this paper was financially supported by the Carnegie Corporation under the UG-Carnegie Next Generation of Academics in Africa Project. Funding for mobility that enabled the first author to use library resources in Germany was also provided by DAAD through the DEMIS project. The authors extend their thanks to these organizations for the support.
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Larbi, L., Nukpezah, D., Mensah, A., Appeaning-Addo, K., Mose, I. (2019). Stakeholders Perception and Satisfaction with Ecosystem Stewardship Education in Urban Coastal Communities. In: Marx Gómez, J., Solsbach, A., Klenke, T., Wohlgemuth, V. (eds) Smart Cities/Smart Regions – Technische, wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Innovationen. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25210-6_45
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