Are there any circumstances that help students to be more environmentally literate? We dealt with this issue within the ELIPS project and presented the results of this research at an international conference dedicated to education in Zagreb.
Dragana Gundogan, a member of our team, participated in the Sixth Days of Educational Sciences – Future of Education: New Directions in Research and Practice, which was held from October 16 to 18, 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Our results showed that the more educated parents are, the more likely children are to better understand nature and the complex relationships within it that are taught in science classes at school. In addition, children whose parents are more educated are better able to recognize and analyze environmental problems. On the other hand, the higher level of education of the parents did not influence the positive attitude towards nature or the development of pro-environmental habits in children.
Although there are more aspects of environmental literacy that need to be considered, these results provide insight into the importance of cooperation between all members of the community for the development of environmentally literate individuals.
We would like to thank the organizer, the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Center for Research and Development of Education, for the hospitality and discussion.
Find out more about the conference here: https://www.idi.hr/doz2024/index.html
