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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2016. Vol. 9, no. 4, 48–58
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2016090405
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

An empirical research of environmental consciousness in preschool and junior school children (6–10 years)

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M.O. Mdivani, V.I. Panov, L.B. Cherezova

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Abstract

This article presents the results of an empirical study of the specificity of ecological consciousness of children of preschool and younger school age. The results of the comparative analysis of representations of children of different age of nature and the interaction “man-nature” provide an opportunity to trace the process of formation of ecological consciousness, the influence of knowledge which children receive at school on the cognitive and emotional components of ecological consciousness.

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Keywords: environmental consciousness, questionnaire, scale, «environmental threats», «sense of unity with nature»

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2016090405

For citation: Mdivani M.O., Panov V.I., Cherezova L.B. An empirical research of environmental consciousness in preschool and junior school children (6–10 years). Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2016. Vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 48–58. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2016090405. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Marina O. Mdivani, PhD in Psychology, Leading Research Associate, Laboratory of developmental ecopsychology and psychodydactics, Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary Research, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1573-0359, e-mail: mdivanim@gmail.com

Victor I. Panov, Doctor of Psychology, Member of the RAE, Professor, Chief of the Laboratory of Ecopsychology of Development and Psychodidactics, Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Pedagogical and Social Science, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3189-5455, e-mail: ecovip@mail.ru

L. B. Cherezova, PhD in Biology, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor, Chair of Preschool Education, Head of Research Laboratory of Children’s Ecological Education, Volgograd State Social and Pedagogical University, e-mail: allokom2011@mail.ru

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