After the forest-themed program, ecocentric orientation showed the largest increase in experimental-group responses while egocentric and society-centered orientations were reduced¶

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q2 i? Preschoolers in the experimental group shifted their environmental justifications toward ecocentrism after the intervention, with egocentric and society-centered categories falling to the last two positions. → Lithoxoidou 2017

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Lithoxoidou 2017¶

Lithoxoidou, L. S., Georgopoulos, A. D., Dimitriou, A. Th., & Xenitidou, S. Ch. (2017). “Trees have a soul too!” Developing Empathy and Environmental Values in Early Childhood. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 5(1). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1158501

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Content analysis of semi-structured pre/post interviews with the experimental group, categorized into egocentric, society-centered, anthropocentric and ecocentric orientations. The article reports that "Ecocentrism" (C.II) presents the most impressive increase in the number of responses among all categories.

"After implementing the program, the categorie s of environmental orientation were mostly preferred by the pupils of the experimental group. "Ecocentrism" (C.II) presents the most impressiv e increase in the number of responses among all categories"

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