Children and adolescents are the groups particularly vulnerable to the consequences of the climate crisis. Global warming, extreme weather phenomena, and progressive environmental degradation have an adverse effect on their development. It is up to the adults to make decisions and actions allowing for mitigating the consequences of climate change, opting for an environmentally friendly household management, offering protection and support to the children, as well as explaining the situation to them and shaping their attitudes. That is why the presented research focuses precisely on parents, the specificity of their functioning in the climate crisis compared to childless people. The study included a group of 333 adults, including 67 parents. Self-report methods were used, including questionnaires developed specifically for this project that examined knowledge about the climate and belief in climate myths; as well as the inventories on current and planned pro-ecological activity. The proprietary scale examining climate emotions and the Climate Change Anxiety Scale by Clayton and Karazsia were also used. The relationships between the variables established in the group of parents and the differences between the groups of people who are parents and those who do not have children were analyzed. Based on the results of the study, an attempt was made to analyze the experiences and behaviours of parents in the context of the climate crisis, and a number of guidelines were formulated that can help them in dealing with children so that they experience the climate situation in the least burdensome way possible, while at the same time receiving support from adults, creating habits that are good for the climate and building up the motivation for pro-environmental activity.
The aim of the article is to discuss the results of empirical research on climate change experiences. 35 women representing the oldest generation (aged 75-87) participated in the study. The qualitative research procedure applied here – an interview – enabled the collection of thirty-five narratives. Research problems were included in the formulation of the following questions: What retrospective image of winter as a season emerges from the narratives of the participants of the empirical research? What picture of possible climate change emerges from the narratives of the women participating in the study? The theoretical framework of the project is the paradigm of emotionalizing climate change. The issue of climate change is considered as a generational issue. The problematic status of the weather (climate narratives) as a socially important issue and the emergence of a new paradigm focused on climate emotions have also been taken into account. The results of the research include the identified meanings of winter as a season, an analysis of the organization of climate narratives, emerging significant categories of description, their functions in regulating the discourse, and an analysis of the climate emotions of the study participants. The empirical project is part of a broader discussion on how to study, describe and interpret climate phenomena from a pedagogical perspective. The cognitive findings of the project are also in line with reflections on narrative learning – learning from life and its results.
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Celem artykułu jest omówienie wyników badań empirycznych poświęconych doświadczeniom klimatycznym. W badaniach uczestniczyło 35 kobiet reprezentujących najstarsze pokolenie (75-87 lat). Zastosowana jakościowa procedura badawcza – wywiad – umożliwiła zebranie trzydziestu pięciu narracji. Problemy badawcze zawarte były w formule następujących pytań: Jaki retrospektywny obraz zimy jako pory roku wyłania się z narracji uczestniczek badań empirycznych? Jaki obraz ewentualnych zmian klimatycznych wyłania się z narracji kobiet uczestniczących w badaniu? Ramą teoretyczną projektu jest paradygmat emocjonalizacji zmian klimatycznych. Problematyka zmian klimatu rozważana jest jako kwestia pokoleniowa. Uwzględniony został także problematyczny status pogody (narracji klimatycznych) jako sprawy społecznie ważnej oraz wyłonienie nowego paradygmatu skoncentrowanego na emocjach klimatycznych. Wyniki badań obejmują zidentyfikowane znaczenia zimy jako pory roku, analizę sposobu organizacji narracji klimatycznych, wyłaniające się istotne kategorie opisu, ich funkcje regulujące dyskurs oraz analizę emocji klimatycznych uczestniczek badania. Projekt empiryczny wpisuje się w szerszą dyskusję o tym, jak badać, opisywać, interpretować zjawiska klimatyczne w perspektywie pedagogicznej. Ustalenia poznawcze projektu wpisują się również w refleksje na temat narracyjnego uczenia się – uczenia się z życia i jego rezultatami.
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