Implicit Attitudes of Upper Secondary Vocational School Teachers to Nature

Abstract

The aim of this study is to present selected results of the research which as a whole examined pro-environmental attitudes of secondary vocational school teachers as a precondition of biophile teaching orientation. By previous research it was established that teachers' attitude towards this topic influences their teaching strategies. Presented study examines implicit attitudes of secondary vocational school teachers towards the nature. The results of the study are presented after presenting theoretical background dealing with the pro-environmental attitudes in the context of biophile teaching orientation and brief overview of research conducted in the Czech Republic and abroad. Empirical part of this study examines implicit attitudes of 201 teachers towards the nature using projective method, specifically the sentence completion test. The chosen method allowed to identify inner, indirect, spontaneous and uncontrolled attitudes of secondary vocational school teachers towards the nature. Based on the analysis we conclude that implicit attitudes of teachers from chosen secondary vocational school are not pro-environmental but rather anthropocentric.