Solopova, Anna

The forming of environmental behavior among children through ecological education in Russia: the case of UNDPs energy efficiency educational program.

Oslo

2008

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Abstract: The aim of this study is to achieve an understanding and explanation of the effect of UNDPs energy efficiency educational program on the forming of environmental behavior among children in Russia, and to find out the potentials embedded in environmental education. The two interrelated research questions are as follows: 1. To what extent is the UNDP energy efficiency educational program maintained in Russian schools one and a half year after the projects completion? 2. What are the possibilities for and barriers to forming pro-environmental behaviour among children through ecological education in Russia? What analytical approaches are suitable to understand the process of ecological education and the forming of pro-environmental behaviour?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES & TABLES

LIST OF ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Research questions and aim of the research
1.2. Rationale
1.3. Theoretical basis
1.4. Outline of the thesis

2. BACKGROUND
2.1. Premises for the development of an energy saving program in the educational sector in Russia
2.2. The Ministry of Education′s Project ″Energy Saving″
2.3. Main achievements of the ″Energy Saving″ Project
2.4. The UNDP/GEF project ″Cost-effective energy efficiency measures in Russian Educational Sector″
2.5. The energy efficiency education and public awareness program

3. METHODOLOGY
3.1. Collecting information according to the research questions
3.2. Choosing field and method
3.3. The Constant Comparative Method (CCM) for interview analysis

4. THEORY
4.1. Main types of environmentally significant behavior
4.2. The underlying factors influencing people′s concerns and behavior about the environment
4.3. The development of the modern pro-environmental behavior models
4.4. Pro-environmental behavior theory and the model by Kollmuss & Agyeman
4.5. The action competence approach by Jensen and Schnack

5. FINDINGS
5.1. Statistical data
5.2. The energy saving educational program at Tverskoy Lyceum
5.3. The lesson on energy saving
5.4. The schoolchildren essay ′Nature is my home
5.5. Interview findings and analysis

6. DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
6.1. The present state of UNDP energy efficiency educational program
6.2. The promoting factors and barriers to forming of pro-environmental behavior
6.3. Traditional or action-oriented education?
6.4. Concluding remarks and possible ways for development

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 2

APPENDIX 3

APPENDIX 4

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