Exploring Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Mental Models of the Environment

Taskin-Ekici, Fatma; Ekici, Erhan; Çokadar, Hulusi

doi:10.18497/iejee-green.35212

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“…Furthermore, the identification of anti-environmental attitudes in pre-service teachers will allow the proposition of interventional programs to solve them during the pre-service formation period (Taskin-Ekici, Ekici & CokadaR, 2015).…”

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Evaluation of environmental attitudes of a sample of Brazilian undergraduate students

Schmitz

Rocha

2019

RSD

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Environmental attitudes are important once they predict environmental behavior and its promotion could help to achieve sustainability. We aimed to evaluate the environmental attitudes of 196 students enrolled in undergraduate courses: biology, chemistry, Portuguese language, and pedagogy, from a Brazilian university. Data were analyzed with three- and four-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). We found that biology students are those that present more pro-environmental attitudes while chemistry students are those with lower pro-environmental attitudes. Gender can also be a factor influencing attitudes, with female and male students differently depending on the course. School year influence also depends on the course. The subjects related to the environment in the curriculum influence student’s attitudes. Thus, we suggest that they should be addressed also to other study areas.

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Evaluation of environmental attitudes of a sample of Brazilian undergraduate students

Schmitz

Rocha

2019

RSD

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Communicating Science in a Biological Natural Park to Enhance Citizens' Pro-Environmental Behaviours

Cruz,

Ribeiro,

Fernandes

et al. 2023

SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference� EXPO Proceedings

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The consequences of human actions on Earth are becoming increasingly evident, leading us to consider that the �climate collapse has begun�, as the General Secretary of the United Nations (UN) warned at the beginning of September 2023. At less than a decade from 2030, the goals and its targets for sustainable development (SD) in the UN 2030 Agenda are far from being achieved, requiring urgent actions. Their fulfilment is at risk, particularly considering recent events such as the war(s) and the pandemic. Developing individual and collective awareness for action is essential. To this end, it is necessary to develop pro-environmental knowledge and attitudes in all citizens, not just the scholar public, which can translate into behaviours favouring the environment and SD. Based on this framework, quantitative research was developed into the scope of communication workshops in a natural biological park in Portugal. This study aimed to evaluate visitors� knowledge about SD and pro-environmental behaviours (PEB) after participating in two science communication workshops: Night of the Fireflies and Recreation of the Wool Cycle. In both workshops, the activities highlighted sustainable development themes in the scope of species extinction and biodiversity. A questionnaire was applied to 47 visitors (n=47) at the end of the activities. The results indicated that all visitors became familiar with SD, although they evaluated their knowledge as just sufficient. Participants also indicated that reducing waste and using plastic are PEBs that most contribute to SD. Finally, visitors considered that the PEB they would be willing to adopt due to their participation were the preservation of cultural and natural heritage and the non-disruption of fauna and flora during a visit to a park or natural area. Developing workshops enhanced citizens� awareness and reflection on aspects of nature protection and SD.

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Exploring Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Mental Models of the Environment

Cited by 2 publications

References 54 publications

Evaluation of environmental attitudes of a sample of Brazilian undergraduate students

Evaluation of environmental attitudes of a sample of Brazilian undergraduate students

Communicating Science in a Biological Natural Park to Enhance Citizens' Pro-Environmental Behaviours

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