The interactive effect of pro-environmental disciplinary concentration under cooperation versus competition contexts

Cuadrado, Esther; Tabernero, Carmen; García, Rocio Tejero; Luque, Bárbara

doi:10.1080/13504622.2015.1095860

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“…Environmental education programs typically focus on increasing students' environmental knowledge and promoting a sense of connection to nature [53,54]. Although researchers of altruism and prosocial behavior have developed models that predict ecological behavior [55], environmental education programs rarely integrate all aspects of prosociality [56,57]. The same is true for prosocial education programs, which mostly ignore any aspect of environmental education.…”

Section: Implications From An Educational Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our findings (Figure 2) suggest that the generation of such an atmosphere in class might also result in greater concern for the environment among students. Indeed, the study of [57] demonstrated that cooperative contexts, as opposed to competitive contexts, appear to stimulate ecological behavior in populations with a low level of environmental knowledge. Thus, to promote greater ecological behavior in students, there is a need for a greater emphasis on prosocial education.…”

Section: Implications From An Educational Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Prosocial Driver of Ecological Behavior: The Need for an Integrated Approach to Prosocial and Environmental Education

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Although both altruistic and ecological behaviors can be considered prosocially driven behaviors, our psychological understanding of what motivates action in either the human or ecological domains is still in its infancy. We aimed to assess connection to nature and connection to humans as mediators of the relationship between prosocial propensity and prosocial behaviors in both the ecological and human domains. This study used empathy as an indicator of an individual’s prosocial propensity. The data for the study was collected through surveys in Russian (841 participants) and Spanish (418 participants). The study demonstrated that an individual’s prosocial propensity can be actioned into ecological (nature-related) behavior through connection to nature. Similarly, an individual’s prosocial propensity can be actioned into altruistic (human-related) behavior through connection to humans. However, the present study also demonstrates that an individual’s prosocial propensity can be directed to humans through a connection to nature. Thus, altruistic and ecological behaviors are two related classes of behavior, driven by the same prosocial propensity of the individual. This study is an important step towards generating scientific support for the claim that traditionally separate teaching of prosocial and environmental subjects should be combined into a single educational approach. An integrated approach will contribute to a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary effort to create a society that is both ecologically and socially sustainable.

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Section: Implications From An Educational Perspectivementioning

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Section: Implications From An Educational Perspectivementioning

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The Prosocial Driver of Ecological Behavior: The Need for an Integrated Approach to Prosocial and Environmental Education

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“…Despite the existence of altruism and prosocial behavior models for the prediction of pro-environmental behavior [8], environmental education programs do not sufficiently discuss the aspect of prosocial behavior-which is defined as voluntary behavior intended to benefit others or promote harmonious relationships with others [22,23] as a correlate of pro-environmental behavior. Indeed, a search for the terms, "prosocial behavior", "prosocial", "altruism", or "altruistic" in the leading journals dedicated to environmental education (Environmental Education Research, Journal of Environmental Education, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, and International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education) produced very few results [24,25].…”

Section: Prosocial Behavior Is Not Discussed Enough In Environmental mentioning

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“…Since there is a correlation between prosocial behavior and pro-environmentalism, we can assume that the generation of such an atmosphere in class might also result in greater concern for the environment among students. Indeed, a study by Cuadrado et al [25] demonstrated that cooperative contexts, as opposed to competitive contexts, appear to stimulate pro-environmental behavior in a population with a low level of environmental knowledge. Thus, to promote greater pro-environmental behavior in students, there is a need for a greater emphasis on prosocial education.…”

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Toward an Integrated Approach to Environmental and Prosocial Education

2018

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Environmental education programs neglect the aspect of prosocial behavior as a correlate of pro-environmental behavior. This article examines the possible benefits of increasing the emphasis on prosocial behavior as a way to reinforce environmental education. In our study, prosocial behavior was positively related to pro-environmental behavior (r = 0.34, p < 0.001), and even a combined scale consisting of prosocial and pro-environmental behavior items showed an acceptable reliability (separation reliability = 0.82, at the level of the separated scales), which implies that prosocial and pro-environmental behaviors are a similar class of behavior. We can assume that the two underlying propensities (prosocial behavior and pro-environmentalism) are probably only two facets of an overarching common propensity that supports both kinds of behavior. Therefore, promoting one facet will, through its relationship with the other facet, also foster the respective other facet. Even more so, it might be most effective to relate to both propensities equally.

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