Environmental attitudes in the literature classroom with preservice teachers

Abstract

With the objective of enhancing environmental attitudes in future teachers, we present here a pilot educational experience based on the reading and discussion of different literary texts with ecological and sustainability topics. It was carried out with 44 alumni from the subject "Literary training for teachers" of the Degree in Teaching where the topic was addressed crosswise. The students completed the questionnaire "Inventory of environmental attitudes" at the beginning and end of the semester, composed of 11 dimensions that can be grouped into two second-order factors "Utilization" and "Preservation". The analysis of the answers, according to a 5-level Likert scale, demonstrates that this transdisciplinary innovation helps to modify their environmental attitudes. The results show an evolution between the initial and final questionnaires, as well as important differences between women and men in certain analyzed dimensions of first and second order, being women the ones with a higher environmental awareness.