EDUCATIONAL PATHS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE SILESIAN VOIVODESHIP IN POLAND

Abstract: The notions of educational path and environmental awareness are defined in the article. The paper aims at finding out whether the Silesian province residents know about the existence of didactic paths located within the area and what expectations for this type of objects influence the general attitude of the respondents to the natural world. An additional objective is to find in the electronic media about the largest number of didactic paths and to analyze their subject. The survey data collected in 2014 include 152 randomly selected inhabitants of the province of Silesia. The questions pertain to the knowledge about didactic paths and the inhabitants ’ attitude to the paths and the nature. Public sources containing information about didactic paths in Silesia are also analyzed