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JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Table 19: Sequence of factors - Parents / family environment
FACTOR
Sum
of
order
Final
order
Supportive family environment for children (children go to
nature with their parents from an early age, parents build
children's relationship to responsible behavior towards nature)
13
1
Parental support, involvement of parents in kindergarten activities,
parental involvement
23
2
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0.69
Table 20: Sequence of factors - Kindergarten teacher
FACTOR
Sum
of
order
Final
order
Teacher's didactic ability (teacher's ability to engage,
motivate, explain, listen, manage children's work, use
appropriate experiential activities, games in the forest
25
1
Personal involvement of the teacher beyond his or her duties
29
2
Teacher 's relation to environmental education, forest,
forestry, forester' s work
35
3
Teacher erudition in the field of environmental education,
knowledge of natural processes of forest environment
35
3
Teacher 's awareness of forest pedagogy programs
56
4
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0,40
Table 21: Sequence of factors - Environmental education, its
goal and content
FACTOR
Sum
of
order
Final
order
Forming the foundations for building a positive relationship
with nature (in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor
areas) and the perception of oneself as its active part (learning
to live in nature with nature and for nature)
28
1
Linking non-formal education in the forest environment to the
already learned subject matters and subject matters that are
currently being studied
within formal education
30
2
A balanced ratio of educational and training goals
appropriate to the age and individual predispositions of
children
34
3
Forming the foundations of the perception of the relationship
between nature and its positive impact on human health
51
4
Systematic approach to information provision
(logical
structure, logical order)
57
5
Basics of developing key competencies
64
6
Forming the foundations of environmental protection and creation
65
7
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0,39
Table 22: Sequence of factors - Environmental education -
methods and forms
FACTOR
Sum of
order
Final
order
Mediation of a living personal experience with nature by
using all the senses
24
1
Experiential nature of activities
31
2
Natural activity and creativity of children, joy of games
and movement in nature
32
3
The possibility of using a forest as a source of ideas and
sources of raw materials for creative activities (use of
leaves, fruits, moss, flowers to create works of art -
contact with nature through natural materials)
48
4
The right choice of teaching methods and forms of teaching
56
5
Opportunity to observe some professions at work / loading
and unloading of wood, planting tree seedlings, taking care of
animals, etc./
68
6
Possibility to connect it with sport activities, culture, social
phenomena
84
7
Effective involvement and enough teaching aids
91
8
The potential of modern technologies and their effective use
in educational activities
106
9
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0,79
Table 23: Sequence of factors - Educator of environmental
education from the external environment
Table 24: Sequence of factors - External factors
FACTOR
Sum
of
order
Final
order
It is important with which organizations dealing with
environmental education the kindergarten cooperates
13
1
Financing of activities offered by commercial or contributory
organizations or using projects funding
23
2
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0.69
During the third round, there was a minimal change in the order
of factors positively influencing non-formal pre-primary
education of children in environmental education in the forest
environment compared to the second round. The most significant
was the change in the field of Methods and forms of
environmental education, where experts moved the factor of
Mediation of living personal experience with nature by using all
the senses to the first place before the factor of Natural activity
and creativity of children, joy of games and movement in nature.
In the field of Environmental Education Educator from the
external environment, the factor - The willingness and ability of
the forest pedagogue “to adapt to children`s level of the mental
maturity and their height.“ moved to the first place before
Training of the lecturer, his erudition in pedagogical
procedures, appropriately selected forms of education.
The values of the Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance
show
compatibility in the evaluation of the order of individual factors
in terms of the impact on non-formal pre-primary education of
children in environmental education in the forest environment.
The greatest agreement was reached in the area of: Methods and
forms of environmental education (W - 0.79), followed by the
areas of External factors (W - 0.69); Parents / family
environment (W - 0.69). On the contrary, the smallest agreement
was reached in the area of the Target group and its
predispositions (W - 0.11).
Negative factors, which were indicated by the questionnaire
survey, are first presented graphically:
Table 25: Sequence of factors – Location
FACTOR
Sum
of
order
Final
order
Accessibility of the forest environment to the kindergarten (it is far
from the forest, there is no forest environment near the kindergarten)
13
1
There may be a restriction of entering in terms of logging or other
forestry activities in the forest
32
2
It is necessary to pay attention to safety in the forest in terms of
cleanliness (e.g. garbage)
34
3
Lack of necessary infrastructure in the forest for rest (benches,
rubbish bins, rest areas, nature trails, etc.)
41
4
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0,60
Table 26: Sequence of factors - Target group and its
predispositions
FACTOR
Sum
of
order
Final
order
Health status of children (allergies, children with behavioral
disorders, etc.)
21
1
Kindergarten daily schedule
25
2
Physical fitness of children
26
3
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0,05
Table 27: Sequence of factors - Parents / family environment
FACTOR
Sum
of
order
Final
order
Negative relationship patterns towards nature in the family,
inappropriate upbringing in the family and the absence of
developing responsibility for one's own behavior and actions
15
1
Social status of the family (possibility to get clothes and footwear
suitable / of good quality for the forest environment
27
2
Parental consent and the demand to be informed in advance about
the event is required
30
3
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0,44
FACTOR
The willingness and ability of the forest pedagogue “to adapt to
children`s level of the mental maturity and their height.“
18
1
Training of the lecturer, his erudition in pedagogical
procedures, appropriately chosen forms of education
19
2
Influence of external authorities (possibility of implementation of
EE educators in the environment of kindergarten)
35
3
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W - 0,63
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