Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/mo.30.1.7
Assessment of connectedness to nature of pupils, teachers and parents in Croatia and Slovenia
Dunja Anđić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-1820
; Faculty of Teacher Education, Univeristy of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Current interdisciplinary research points to a connection between the emotional relationship with nature and factors resulting from modern lifestyles, such as insufficient exercise and time spent in nature, and excessive use of information and communication technologies. These factors are often associated with the healthy development of school-age children. In the literature, ‘connectedness to nature’ is usually described as a term that measures the emotional and positive relationship between people and nature. The research was conducted on a sample of respondents consisting of primary school pupils, their parents and teachers in primary schools in Croatia and Slovenia (N=1345). In the research, the adapted scale of the Connectedness to Nature Index (Chang and Monroe, 2012) was used as a measurement tool. It was found that connection with nature is rated with high scores, but also that there is no statistically significant correlation of the rating of connectedness to nature among pupils, parents and teachers in Croatia, but only among Slovenian respondents. The implications of the research results are reflected in the consideration of this topic for further research in the field of education.
Keywords
education for sustainable development; connectedness to nature; parents; pupils; teachers
Hrčak ID:
306559
URI
Publication date:
24.7.2023.
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