TY - CHAP
T1 - Values, Beliefs and Environmental Citizenship
AU - Balundė, Audra
AU - Poškus, Mykolas Simas
AU - Jovarauskaitė, Lina
AU - Sarid, Ariel
AU - Farangitakis, Georgios
AU - Knippels, Marie-Christine
AU - Hadjichambis, Andreas Ch.
AU - Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Demetra
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In this chapter, we will consider the relationships between values, beliefs and Environmental Citizenship. The role of personal values, value orientations and environmental beliefs in explaining pro-environmental actions and behaviour is widely explored. It is already acknowledged that self-enhancement (egoistic and hedonistic) values are less predictive of pro-environmental actions than self-transcendence (biospheric and altruistic) values. Additionally, beliefs are considered to be at the core of human behaviour in cognitive theories explaining pro-environmental behaviour and are an important part of many theories used to predict pro-environmental actions. We regard Environmental Citizenship as a combination of certain pro-environmental actions and civic engagement, both public and private, that lead to the mitigation of environmental problems. It is important to answer the question of whether general values and beliefs can potentially be relevant antecedents of Environmental Citizenship. Understanding how values and beliefs relate to Environmental Citizenship would allow for evidence-based ways of promoting Environmental Citizenship in schools and communities and would empower educators to make effective decisions in promoting Environmental Citizenship.
AB - In this chapter, we will consider the relationships between values, beliefs and Environmental Citizenship. The role of personal values, value orientations and environmental beliefs in explaining pro-environmental actions and behaviour is widely explored. It is already acknowledged that self-enhancement (egoistic and hedonistic) values are less predictive of pro-environmental actions than self-transcendence (biospheric and altruistic) values. Additionally, beliefs are considered to be at the core of human behaviour in cognitive theories explaining pro-environmental behaviour and are an important part of many theories used to predict pro-environmental actions. We regard Environmental Citizenship as a combination of certain pro-environmental actions and civic engagement, both public and private, that lead to the mitigation of environmental problems. It is important to answer the question of whether general values and beliefs can potentially be relevant antecedents of Environmental Citizenship. Understanding how values and beliefs relate to Environmental Citizenship would allow for evidence-based ways of promoting Environmental Citizenship in schools and communities and would empower educators to make effective decisions in promoting Environmental Citizenship.
KW - Beliefs
KW - Education for Environmental Citizenship
KW - Environmental Citizenship
KW - Pro-environmental behaviour
KW - Values
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/2cde0d1f-bd4e-3bb1-939e-8e42f345e14c/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_6
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-030-20248-4
T3 - Environmental Discourses in Science Education
SP - 83
EP - 96
BT - Conceptualizing environmental citizenship for 21st century education
A2 - Hadjichambis, A.
A2 - Hadjichambis, D.
A2 - Reis, P.
A2 - Cincera, J.
A2 - Boeve-de Pauw, J.
A2 - Gericke, N.
A2 - Knippels, M.C.
PB - Springer
ER -