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Exploration of children's value patterns in relation to environmental education programmes.
Tim Kelly1, Thijs Bouman2, Simon Kemp1
1School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Frontiers in Psychology
|November 30, 2023
Summary
Children strongly value the environment, influencing their pro-environmental actions. Environmental education can improve their perception of peers
Area of Science:
- Environmental Psychology
- Child Development
- Environmental Education
Background:
- Biospheric values, crucial for lifelong pro-environmental behavior, begin developing in childhood.
- Limited research exists on children's biospheric values and their link to environmental actions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between children's biospheric values, their pro-environmental behaviors, and their perceptions of peers' values.
- To assess the impact of school-based educational programs on these values and behaviors.
Main Methods:
- Investigated children's endorsement of biospheric values.
- Assessed personal and group pro-environmental behaviors.
- Analyzed perceptions of friends' and peers' biospheric values.
- Evaluated the influence of environmental educational programs.
Main Results:
- Children generally exhibit strong biospheric values, positively correlated with some pro-environmental behaviors.
- Children, like adults, perceive their peers' biospheric values as lower than their own.
- Environmental education partially reduced this underestimation and boosted group pro-environmental behaviors.
Conclusions:
- Childhood biospheric values are significant predictors of pro-environmental behavior.
- Environmental education can positively influence children's social perceptions of environmental values.
- Further research is needed on group pro-environmental behaviors and value perception.
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