Analysis of Ecological Values in Future Education Professionals in Andalusia (Spain)

Gracia González-Gijón, Nazaret Martínez-Heredia, Francisco Javier Jiménez Ríos and Andrés Soriano Díaz
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Gracia González-Gijón: Department of Pedagogy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Nazaret Martínez-Heredia: Department of Pedagogy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Francisco Javier Jiménez Ríos: Department of Pedagogy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Andrés Soriano Díaz: Department of Pedagogy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-12

Abstract: This study shows the hierarchy of values presented by first-year teacher training students studying at public universities in Andalusia (Spain), emphasising the analysis of ecological values in relation to the gender variable. For this purpose, we used a survey-type methodology with a quantitative approach. Participants were selected by means of probability sampling by clusters. The sample was finally composed of 651 students, of whom 226 were men (34.7%) and 425 women (65.3%) aged between 18 and 49 (M = 20.20 and T.D. = 3.736). The results show a high valuation of non-material aspects related to affectivity, morality, the individual and ecology, followed by values related to the body and its care, the social, the material and the aesthetic, and finally, values related to the intellectual, the political and the religious. The results show the influence of gender in the identification of ecological values and the variables that make them up, where women have higher averages in most of the items. We can therefore conclude that the gender variable influences the choice of ecological values presented by university students.

Keywords: values; ecology; test; young university students; Andalusia (Spain); agenda 2030 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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