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Assessing childrenʼs environmental worldviews and concerns
ID Torkar, Gregor (Author), ID Debevec, Vanja (Author), ID Johnson, Bruce (Author), ID Manoli, Constantinos C. (Author)

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Abstract
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.

Language:English
Keywords:environmental worldviews, environmental concerns, New Ecological Paradigm, children
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:PEF - Faculty of Education
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year:2021
Number of pages:Str. 49-65
Numbering:Vol. 11, no. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-128593 This link opens in a new window
UDC:37.015.31:502
ISSN on article:1855-9719
DOI:10.26529/cepsj.793 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:12838729 This link opens in a new window
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Publication date in RUL:16.08.2021
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Title:CEPS journal : Center for Educational Policy Studies journal = revija Centra za študij edukacijskih strategij
Publisher:Založba Univerze v Ljubljani = University of Ljubljana Press
ISSN:1855-9719
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Secondary language

Language:Slovenian
Title:Vrednotenje otrokovih okoljskih svetovnih nazorov in skrbi
Abstract:
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.

Keywords:okoljska vzgoja, varstvo okolja, svetovni nazor, učenci, osnovne šole, otrok

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