How Spanish primary school students interpret the concepts of population and species Jiménez Tejada, María Del Pilar González García, Francisco Sánchez Monsalve, Cristina Population Species Living beings Primary education This article presents research concerning the way in which primary school pupils in southern Spain interpret the concepts of population and species. The results show that, for the concept of population, there was an intense anthropocentrism in pupils’ responses, while for the concept of species, only animals were considered as living creatures. These interpretations influence the vision that the students will develop of ecosystems and bio diversity, as well as their respect and care for living beings. We propose some suggestions in order to improve the teaching of these concepts in primary education. 2022-10-10T07:46:54Z 2022-10-10T07:46:54Z 2013 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10481/77223 DOI:10.1080/00219266.2013.799081 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License