期刊
SUSTAINABILITY
卷 14, 期 15, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su14159320
关键词
nature preschool; empathy; cognitive empathy; affective empathy; empathic behavioral intentions
资金
- Woodland Park Zoo's (WPZ) Building Organizational Capacity to Foster Empathy for Wildlife Granting Program
Empathy plays an important role in promoting and protecting wildlife and nature. A quantitative study conducted with 124 children from eight preschools in Minnesota showed that animal-focused nature preschools were more effective in enhancing empathy compared to non-nature preschools.
Empathy can be a powerful driver for positive social change and is relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals that serve as a global blueprint for peace and prosperity. Empathy has also gained popularity within zoos, aquariums, and other wildlife conservation organizations as a motivator for caring action toward wildlife and nature. As such, there is a need to understand and develop interventions that further people's empathy, particularly in the context of young children, given the critical developmental period of early childhood. A quantitative study was conducted with 124 children from eight preschools in Minnesota (USA). A modified version of the Young Children's Empathy Measure with Humans and Animals was administered at the beginning and end of a preschool year to measure the impact of preschool type (nature preschool, animal-focused nature preschool, and non-nature preschool) on empathy (cognitive, affective, and empathic behavioral intentions). Results suggest that animal-focused nature preschools and nature preschools were more effective than non-nature preschools for empathic behavioral intentions in the context of humans, as well as for cognitive and affective empathy with wildlife. Further, the animal-focused nature preschools were more effective than nature and non-nature preschools in terms of empathic behavioral intentions in the context of animals. Implications are discussed in light of the study's limitations.
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