LTŠiame straipsnyje, analizuojant antraklasių tyrimo rezultatus, stengiamasi parodyti, kiek mokiniai yra išprusę gamtosaugos srityje. Tikslas - išsiaiškinti II klasės mokinių žinias apie gamtos apsaugą, jų nuomones kai kuriais gamtosaugos klausimais ir aptarti ryškėjančias ekologines nuostatas. Tyrimo metodologija: Tyrimas atliktas dviejose pradinių mokyklų antrose klasėse. Pasirinktose kaimo ir miesto mokyklose apklausti 44 mokiniai (po 22 kiekvienoje). Tiriamieji buvo anketuojami. Tam parengta anketa „Gamta ir aš", kurią sudaro penki atviro, vienas uždaro ir keturi pusiau atviro tipo klausimai. Anketų duomenys išanalizuoti kieky biškai ir kokybiškai. Tyrimo rezultatai: Apibrėždami sąvoką Gamtos apsauga mokiniai pateikia įvairių atsakymų, kuriuos galima sugrupuoti: tai gamtos apsaugos darbuotojų veikla; tai žmonių praktinė veikla; tai gamtos objektai; kita (neatsakyta arba atsakymas neatitinka klausimo logikos) (žr. 1 paveikslą).
ENThe article presents the results of the research where school learners from two 2nd forms of a city school and a village school. An attempt was made to investigate how the researched understand the concept environmental protection and what ecological problems caused by human activity they identify. The opinion of school learners about their own impact on the abundance of ecological problems was analysed. The authors present the analysis of respondents' reflections on how they feel in littered environment as well as their suggested techniques of solving modelled situations, which reveal school learners' ecological attitudes. The analysis of the research results show that almost half of the respondents understand environmental protection as a common interest and actions directed towards environmental protection. Slightly smaller part of the researched see it only as an activity of specialists working in this field. The rest of the school learners in the research identify the concept of nature with that of environmental protection and name separate objects of animated nature (birds, trees, etc.). Pointing out the most urgent ecological problems, the school learners name litter, fires, water and air pollution. According to the respondents, they frequently occur due to ignorance or deliberate spoliation of nature. The research showed that the school learners perceive nature as a source of beauty (aesthetical attitude) or see nature as very fragile and requiring a particular protection (ethical attitude). Cognitive and practical attitudes towards nature were not revealed. Keywords: environmental protection, ecological education, ecological knowledge, skills and value principles.