20.500.12556/RUL-128593 Assessing childrenʼs environmental worldviews and concerns Vrednotenje otrokovih okoljskih svetovnih nazorov in skrbi The goal of the present research was to assess the environmental worldviews and concerns of students from the fourth to the seventh grade in Slovenia. The New Ecological Paradigm Scale for Children was translated and validated for use with Slovenian primary school students (N = 310). The students were also asked about their environmental concerns (using statements from the Environmental Motives Scale) and demographic questions. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted for the New Ecological Paradigm scale using AMOS software, confirming a three-dimensional model with ten items. The students showed the highest agreement with the items in the factor Rights of Nature, and the lowest agreement with Human Exemptionalism. The environmental attitudes of the students decreased from the fourth to the seventh grade, while altruistic environmental concerns significantly increased with higher grades. Gender differences were not statistically significant for environmental worldviews and concerns. The reported results show that biospheric environmental concern positively correlates with the factors Rights of Nature and belief in Eco-Crisis, and negatively correlates with Human Exemptionalism. The New Ecological Paradigm tool will enable the evaluation of education programmes for children in Slovenia. Cilj raziskave je bil oceniti okoljski svetovni nazor in skrb za okolje učencev od četrtega do sedmega razreda v Sloveniji. Lestvica nove ekološke paradigme za otroke je bila prevedena in validirana za uporabo s slovenskimi osnovnošolci (N = 310). Učence smo tudi spraševali o njihovi skrbi za okolje (z uporabo lestvice okoljskih motivov) in zastavljali demografska vprašanja. Za Lestvico nove ekološke paradigme je bila izvedena potrditvena faktorska analiza s pomočjo programske opreme AMOS, ki je potrdila tridimenzionalni model z desetimi trditvami. Študentje so pokazali najvišje soglasje s trditvami v faktorju pravice narave, najnižje pa s faktorjem človeška izjemnost. Odnos do okolja se je od četrtega do sedmega razreda poslabšal, medtem ko so učenci v višjih razredih pokazali bolj altruistično skrb za okolje. Razlike med spoloma niso bile statistično pomembne za njihove okoljske svetovne nazore in skrbi. Izsledki kažejo, da je okoljska skrb za biosfero v pozitivni korelaciji s faktorji pravice narave in vera v ekološko krizo ter v negativni korelaciji s faktorjem človeška izjemnost. Nova ekološka paradigma nam bo omogočila vrednotenje izobraževalnih programov za otroke v Sloveniji. environmental worldviews environmental concerns New Ecological Paradigm children okoljska vzgoja varstvo okolja svetovni nazor učenci osnovne šole otrok true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Podatek o licenci CC BY 4.0 je naveden na pristajalni strani članka (glej zgoraj izvorni URL). (Datum opombe: 15. 9. 2025) Članek v reviji 2021-07-21 04:51:02 2021-08-16 10:04:13 2025-09-15 11:39:24 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 49-65 no. 1 Vol. 11 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 37.015.31:502 1855-9719 10.26529/cepsj.793 12838729 Torkar_Assesing.pdf Torkar_Assesing.pdf 1 BFFC5426DAF6B231D494E7D07BB46E09 6e3c474328c25a86b1c6c2b0d6901c0af21f0c09144b1d2b0134b84792101b06 9696b6e7-1ab6-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=207694 https://www.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/article/view/793 0 5733232b-9217-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=217499 Pedagoška fakulteta CEPS journal 0 0 0