RECOGNITION OF THE REGION'S NATURAL WEALTH AS AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF THE FORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY
Abstrakt
The paper presents new information within the research determining the impact of selected variables on creating a relationship with nature and the readiness to act in favor of the environment among students of pre-school and elementary pedagogy in Slovakia. Empirical research was quantitative.
The aim of the research was to find out whether the students' interest in regional knowledge of nature has an impact on their level of environmental literacy and their relationship to nature. The research shows that students who were more interested in learning more about the region's natural wealth had a positive relation with the place, were more protective, reached higher level of motivation to act in favor of the environment and were more convinced of their own impact to solve environmental problems.