Petra Marková University College of Education of Linz, Austria 10. - 13.4.2012 žAnthropocentric approach ¡We derive obligations towards people and from people, access of human globally, human dominates to nature žEgocentrism ¡It concerns about individual, subjective view of man to the world ¡An individual is focused exclusively on himself, ignores happenings in the world or the surrounding issues, do not perceive his environment, is interested in phenomena related directly to himself žExistentialism ¡Importance: who the man is and what is his meaning to the relationship to the world that has no meaning because it exists a long time before us ¡Two kinds of being - objective (physical) and subjective (time does not play a role, the subject is always present) ¡Greater importance has subjective being, because they can recognize themselves and can decide for themselves, too ¡It is also important in what position a person is, because in such a way the he perceives the world ¡Jean-Paul Sartre: „ Man defines himself who he is.“ žIt seems the question, how to connect egocentric intention to the own perfection (in the sense of full personal fulfillment) with activist, altruistic intention to a good behavior. žThe fulfillment of this essence is the intention to surrender for the good of all life, that is someone else's benefit at the expense of personal interests, unselfish care, unselfish way of thinking, feeling and acting in favor of others (eg parent and child). žLimitation of the needs of the individual will be beneficial to other beings. ž žAlbert Schweitzer has created it as a „Philosophy of respect for life" žThe idea that life itself, as such, is a source of sense and values, a material well-being will not stand in the foreground ž4 conviction: 1.People are equal members of the community of all beings. 2.Earth is a system of interdependencies. 3.Each member of the biotic community has a value of his being, just for existing. 4.Human superiority is just an expression of a human racism. žSustaining such a sustainable way of life which does not exploit the nature, but also does not require a regression in the quality and standard of our being. žEducation such a generation that understand the natural evolution of the Earth and that will be able not to only solve problems but also prevent them. žLearning in context emphasized on the impact in social, economic and environmental spheres. ž žAim of thesis ¡Describe, how the teacher thematizes his subjective theories in the relationship of man-nature-culture? žResearch questions ¡How does the teacher thematize his subjective theories in the relationship of man-nature-culture? ¡How does the teacher think about the position of man in the world? žBasis ¡Biophiled orientation of education ¡Teacher‘s subjective theory ¡ žQualitative methodology ¡Interview – semi-structured, based on the principles of biophiled orientation of education ¡Technique of structuring concepts – based on the interview, teacher gives to relations the statements, which he said in previous interview ¡Observation of teaching ¡Triangulation - interpretation of data by another researcher ¡4 teachers, purposeful choice, primary schools in Brno žAnalysis of results ¡Interpretative category 1.Education in context 2.Understanding the natural evolution 3.Education of environmentally responsible citizen 4.Strengthening the evolutionary way of thinking, man is responsible for culture ¡Coding - assigning the phenomena to categories, looking for relationships and connections between categories ž