Children's interest in school garden projects, environmental motivation and intention to act: A case study from a primary school of Cyprus
Date
2019ISSN
1533-015XSource
Applied Environmental Education & CommunicationVolume
18Issue
1Pages
2-12Google Scholar check
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We have studied elementary school children's interest in the various activities and tasks of a school garden project, the reasons for that interest, and its possible correlation with environmental motivation and intention for environmental action. The theories of motivation, and especially the Self-Determination Theory, were used as the theoretical framework of the study. Seventeen students from an urban primary school, aged 11–12 years old, participated in the project. Our findings suggest that there is a correlation between participants' interest in the activities, their motivation, and their intention to act. The satisfaction of psychological needs is an important prerequisite of environmental motivation.