Why It Is Important to Protect the Environment: Reasons Given by Children

Autor/inn/en	Šoryte, Dovile; Pakalniškiene, Vilmante
Titel	Why It Is Important to Protect the Environment: Reasons Given by Children
Quelle	In: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 28 (2019) 3, S.228-241 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1038-2046
DOI	10.1080/10382046.2019.1582771
Schlagwörter	Conservation (Environment); Sustainability; Elementary School Students; Student Attitudes; Pollution; Information Sources; Family (Sociological Unit); Educational Environment; Computer Games; Television; Environmental Education; Health; Content Analysis; Animals; Plants (Botany); Fire Protection; Foreign Countries; Aesthetics; Behavior Patterns; Lithuania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Nachhaltigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Schadstoffbelastung; Information source; Informationsquelle; Familie; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Gesundheit; Inhaltsanalyse; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Pflanze; Brandbekämpfung; Ausland; Ästhetik; Litauen
Abstract	Though the significance of involving children in environmental sustainability efforts is widely acknowledged, we still lack evidence on what they think of environmental issues and about the protection of nature. The aim of the paper is to systematically describe the reasons that children give for protecting the environment. Thirty-three children (aged 6-11 years) participated in one of the six focus groups. Method of qualitative content analysis was used for analyzing the data. Study findings showed that participants were aware of some of the environmental problems or environmentally harmful behaviour like litter and pollution. Moreover, the study participants had various views about the importance of nature protection like maintaining clean environment, protecting human life and health, or protecting animals and plants. The reasons they gave for environmental protection were related to both humans and other parts of the nature. Furthermore, the participants learned about nature protection from sources like family, school, various literature sources, computer games, television and by watching how others behaved. Implications regarding results of the study are presented further in the paper. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01