Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)

Formation of an Adolescent's Agency Through Interaction with Natural Environment: Theory and Findings

Authors
Tatiana Antopolskaia, Aleksandr Kamnev
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Tatiana Antopolskaia
Available Online October 2019.
DOI
10.2991/cesses-19.2019.300How to use a DOI?
Keywords
adolescents' agency; interaction with natural environment; stages of agency formation; ecological practical training and nature adventures
Abstract

The article deals with the problem of the formation of a teenager’s agency through interaction with natural environment. It specifies some theoretical approaches to the conception of the actor and personal agency. The actor is viewed as a cognoscitive and active individual, interacting with the world around including nature and society as cognitive objects (non-ego) and objects of transformative activity. Agency is regarded as an actor’s ability to be an active source in interaction with natural environment among other things. It is stated that teenagers' agency is characterized by positive motivation and practical possibilities for the implementation of environmental activity, by positive emotional and reflexive attitude to natural objects. The article presents stages of teenagers' agency formation through interaction with natural environment. They are "an observer", "a subworker", "a learner", "a master", "an expert", "and a creator". The research findings based on exploring teenagers’ agency in course of interacting with natural environment in summer recreation camp are presented.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
October 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-816-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/cesses-19.2019.300How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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