PEDAGOGICAL STUDENTS AS ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION  ANIMATORS

Katarzyna Potyrała; Ligia Tuszyńska; Małgorzata Makiewicz

doi:10.21697/fp.2023.1.28

Published: 2023-09-01

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023)

PEDAGOGICAL STUDENTS AS ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION ANIMATORS

Katarzyna Potyrała , Ligia Tuszyńska

, Małgorzata Makiewicz

Pedagogical Forum

Section: Colloquia

https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2023.1.28

Abstract

The state of the art confirms that environmental education is a part of the integral pedagogical process of any educational institution, aimed among others at the development of environmental activities. The aim of the research was to diagnose the level of environmental awareness of pedagogy students and their determination to engage in educational activities with local communities for sustainable development. The research was based on the paradigmatic assumptions of sustainable development, the theory of social activity, the theory of educational leadership and the theory of ecological awareness. The research concept was based on a reflection on the differences between leaders in terms of their leadership potential, i.e. transformational or transactional. The results concern knowledge about the basic concepts of sustainable development, declarations of the leadership behaviour aggregated to the transactive and transformative scales and reflection on the determinants of undertaking activities for the local environment by young educators. The conducted research allows for a conclusion about the necessity of the ecological education system’s reconstruction at all educational levels and raising the rank of leaders in local communities by formally strengthening their environmental position.

Keywords:

activity, environmental education, ecological awareness, leadership styles

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Potyrała, K., Tuszyńska, L., & Makiewicz, M. (2023). PEDAGOGICAL STUDENTS AS ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION ANIMATORS. Pedagogical Forum, 13(1), 409–423. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2023.1.28

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Katarzyna Potyrała

potyrala2@wp.pl

Affiliation:

a:1:{s:5:"pl_PL";s:52:"Krakowska Akademia im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego";} Poland

Ligia Tuszyńska

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-2958

Affiliation:

The Maria Grzegorzewska University, 02-353 Warszawa, ul. Szczęśliwicka 40 Poland

Małgorzata Makiewicz

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3120-2839

Affiliation:

The Maria Grzegorzewska University, 02-353 Warszawa, ul. Szczęśliwicka 40 Poland