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This paper presents the results of quantitative research to survey ecological awareness among pupils in terms of three interlinked components: knowledge, attitudes and behavior. The survey participants were 529 secondary school pupils from the city of Zagreb, and the instrument used was a survey questionnaire. The analysis of the results shows that Zagreb secondary school …

This paper analyzes Toni Morrison’s novels The Bluest Eye (1970) and Sula (1974) from the standpoint of developmental psychology. Morrison’s works can be viewed as an amalgam of social and emotional themes which play a major role in the identity construction of the author’s characters. The Ecological Systems Theory proposed by Urie Bronfenbrenner will thus …

This story-based journey is an eclectic discussion on marine plastic pollution. It responds to the Environmental Humanities by bringing material history, personal experiences as well as ecotheories and natural sciences together. The conversational style, likeshifting tides, speaks to anyone who wishes to develop a broader understanding on plastic pollution and its ecological consequences. While much …

This paper examines two works that anticipate Africa-centred futures as positive and possible, without promising utopia. Americanah and After the Flare both embrace contradiction and complexity. Furthermore, their treatment of societies (mis)shaped by historical violence includes acknowledgement of their own imbrication in global structures of capitalist modernity. Against the grim backdrop of rising inequality, resurgent …

The aim of this paper is to determine the prevalence of topics in elementary school textbooks aimed at educating fi rst to fourth grade students on environmental issues in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, in order to identify any possible changes that should be made to the curriculum. In accordance with the current Act on …

This paper presents the topics of lifelong learning and sustainable development, and these two terms are brought into correlation. Lifelong learning is a concept that has not lived up “to the fullest” in Croatia and it should be expanded and encouraged. The paper presents the concept of sustainable development which is a key link of …

This work deals with the inter-subject planning and connection as a factor of modern school with an emphasis on strategies of educational work. In this context the most suitable task of the project is the strategy of educational work which involves the development of divergent thinking and creativity, the acquisition, practice and use of knowledge …