Teachers' and Student Teachers' Attitudes Towards Nature and the Environment - A Comparative Study Between Sweden and France

Eva Nyberg (1) , Jérémy Castéra (2) , Birgitta Mc Ewen (3) , Niklas Gericke (3) , Pierre Clement (4, 2)

1 GU - Göteborgs Universitet = University of Gothenburg
2 ADEF - Apprentissage, Didactique, Evaluation, Formation
3 Karlstad University [Sweden]
4 EA S2HEP - Sciences et Société ; Historicité, Éducation et Pratiques

Throughout the world, the educational system is expected to deal with issues regarding sustainability and to promote pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes. This study investigates attitudes towards nature and the environment among 1,109 teachers and student teachers in Sweden and France, using the 2 factor Model of Environmental Values (2-MEV). The results imply that in both Sweden and France, teachers and student teachers hold a prevailingly ecocentric attitude, as opposed to an anthropocentric attitude, which possibly indicates a predominantly positive approach towards the environment and environmental education. Comparisons between the countries show, however, that the Swedish teachers and student teachers hold a more anthropocentric attitude than the teachers and student teachers in the French sample.

Mots clés: Environmental attitudes; anthropocentrism; ecocentrism; education

Domaines: Education; Etudes de l'environnement

Eva Nyberg, Jérémy Castéra, Birgitta Mc Ewen, Niklas Gericke, Pierre Clement. Teachers' and Student Teachers' Attitudes Towards Nature and the Environment - A Comparative Study Between Sweden and France. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020, ⟨10.1080/00313831.2019.1649717⟩. ⟨hal-02435941⟩