Nature of National Park „Krka’’ and acceptable ecological behavior from children toward nature

U ovom diplomskom radu cilj je bio ispitati stavove učenika o ekološki prihvatljivom ponašanju u prirodnom okolišu s posebnim osvrtom na NP „Krka’’ te dobiti dodatni uvid u učeničke stavove prema prirodi i okolišu od strane učitelja. Prema teorijskim polazištima, naglasak je bio na tome da je obrazovanje o okolišu pokazano kao bitna komponenta pri intervenciji očuvanja okoliša koja se temelji na činjenici da samo obrazovanje povećava znanje, čime dovodi do promjena u ljudskim stavovima o ponašanju prema prirodi. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 93 učenika od kojih je 43 učenika trećih i četvrtog razreda OŠ Faust Vrančić koji nisu sudjelovali u obrazovnom programu NP „Krka’’, te 50 učenika trećih i četvrtog razreda OŠ Tin Ujević koji su sudjelovali u obrazovnom programu NP „Krka’’, te njihovih 6 učiteljica razredne nastave. Korišten je upitnik koji se sastojao od 4 pitanja zatvorenog tipa i 3 pitanja otvorenog tipa te se s učiteljicama proveo polustrukturirani intervju koji se sastojao od 8 pitanja. Podatci su analizirani u sklopu kvantitativne analize za prvi dio istraživanja, te pomoću kvalitativne analize navedenih pitanja otvorenog tipa te polustrukturiranih intervjua. Postavljena su tri problema te se analizom utvrdilo da nema značajne razlike između stavova učenika o ekološki prihvatljivom ponašanju u prirodnom okolišu s obzirom na sudjelovanje u obrazovnom programu NP „Krka’’. Nadalje se stekao uvid u razmišljanja učenika vezanim za očuvanje prirode i okoliša s naglaskom na NP „Krka’’ gdje je primijećeno da su oni učenici koji su sudjelovali u obrazovnom programu NP „Krka’’ navodili više detalja koji su ukazivali na njihovu ekološku osviještenost. U sklopu trećeg problema, želio se steći dodatni uvid u ekološko ponašanje učenika pomoću iskaza i opservacije njihovih učiteljica te je u skladu s rezultatima nekih istraživanja, većina učiteljica primijetila da djeca boraveći u prirodi i učeći o njenoj zaštiti, postaju više ekološki osvještenija prema okolini, kako prirodnoj pa tako i razrednoj.The main point of this thesis was to question the student's attitudes toward an acceptible ecological behavior in nature, with an emphasis on the National park „Krka''. One of the other points was to get an insight into teacher's thinking of student's attitudes towards nature. The main ephasis, according to the theoretical findings, is that environmental education is a main component in saving the environment and it is based on the fact that education increases knowledge, which leads to changes in the human attitudes regarding nature. In the research there were 93 students, from which 43 were students of the third and fourth grade in Faust Vrančić Elementary school, and they did not attend the educational program of National park „Krka''. Also in the research, there were 50 students of the third and fourth grade in Tin Ujević Elementary school, who attended the educational program of National park „Krka''. Both of the schools teachers, all six of them were also in the research. There was a questionnaire, which conducted four closed type questions, and three open type questions, and there was an interview conducted with the teachers, which was half structured and was based on eight questions. The data was analysed in a qualitative analysis for the first part of the research, and using a wualitative analysis of the open type questions and the half structured interviews. There were three problems and with the analysis it was established that there is no significant difference between the attitudes of students who had or didnt have the program from National park „Krka'', regarding the acceptible ecological behavior in nature. We were able to get some insight into the thinking of students regarding nature preservation, with emphasis on National Park „Krka'', where it was noticed that those students who participated in the educational program of National park „Krka'', gave more details which showed their ecological awareness. Regarding the third problem, the insight into ecological behaviot of students using depositions and observing their teachers, most teachers have noticed that children who spend more time in nature, become more aware toward nature