Children’s perceptions of sharks and understanding of its ecological significance for educational implications

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my colleagues, W. M. So, Y. Y. Yeung and Y. C. Lee, for their support and encouragement. I am also grateful to Y. Y. Yeung, N. Y. Cheng, Y. C. Lee, R. T. C. Wong and P. P. M. Chan (The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong) and K. K. W. Mak (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) for providing advices on the study plan and the design of the questionnaires. I sincerely thank to the school principals and the corresponding teachers of the two local primary schools for providing strong support and assistance on the data collection and implementation of teaching intervention. I also give my great thanks to A. C. Y. Mak and N. Ling (The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong) for their assistance in the project management and data analysis. I acknowledge funding support from the Additional Research Funds for 2009/2010 of the Department of Science and Environmental Studies, and Internal Research Grant of HKIEd (Project code 47-R6373).