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A Study of Water Literacy in Japan, the US, Israel and Palestine

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23653274
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Sociology of education
Research InstitutionInternational Christian University

Principal Investigator

LANGAGER Mark W.  国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 上級准教授 (00338287)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) KITAHARA Kazuo   (20107692)
YOSHONO Teruo   (10052276)
Project Period (FY) 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordswater literacy / trans-local knowledge / IWRM / environmental relevance / knowledge / skills / dispositions / Water literacy / ethnography / ecological citizenship / Water / Literacy / Knowledge / Water Literacy / 水知識 / 水質・汚染問題 / 水欠乏 / 用水権 / 水融資 / 民族学的調査 / 材料文化[material culture] / フィールド・ワーク
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through symposium, open forum and workshop venues, a community of water and education related specialists was created and productive dialogue regarding what knowledge can be beneficially taught, and how, is ongoing. A Water Literacy Assessment Tool was developed and piloted for appropriateness in different regions. Cultural and environmentally relevant aspects of water-related knowledge, skills and dispositions to be developed were identified across societies.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2015 2014 2011 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Invited: 1 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Water Literacy Open Forum: A Report2015

    • Author(s)
      Langager, Mark
    • Journal Title

      Educational Studies

      Volume: 57 Pages: 216-218

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Water Literacy: What Will the Next Generation Need to Know?2014

    • Author(s)
      Mark Langager and Junji Hashimoto. Eds.
    • Journal Title

      Institute of Educational Research and Service Monograph Series

      Volume: 7 Pages: 1-106

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Toward a Trans-Local Knowledge of Water for the Next Generation2014

    • Author(s)
      Mark Langager
    • Journal Title

      Water Literacy: What Will the Next Generation Need to Know? (Monograph 7, IERS Monograph Series)

      Volume: 7 Pages: 1-6

    • NAID

      120005860619

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 旧体制の共同体保持への挑戦: 日本の学生寮の自治に関する 参加型観察調査2011

    • Author(s)
      Mark Langager
    • Organizer
      第65回日本人類学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県那覇市
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] “Upgrading ‘Literacy’: An Integrative Literature Review of Post-MDG Definitions for a New SDG Paradigm”

    • Author(s)
      Mark Langager
    • Organizer
      日本教育学会
    • Place of Presentation
      一橋大学(東京、日本)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] なぜ「水はどこからきて、どこへ流れていくのか」を学ぶのか

    • Author(s)
      ランガガー・マーク
    • Organizer
      Water Literacy Open Forum
    • Place of Presentation
      国際基督教大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Water Knowledge Orthodoxy: A documentary analysis of water knowledge in international comparative achievement tests

    • Author(s)
      Mark Langager
    • Organizer
      48th Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      School of Education, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Mind Mapping Water Literacy: A hermeneutic study of environmental relevance of water education across basins

    • Author(s)
      Mark Langager
    • Organizer
      CIES 2013 Annual Conference Theme: "Educational Quality: Global Imperatives and Contested Visions"
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleans, LA, USA
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Water Literacy Blog

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 水リテラシー・ブログ

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] シンポジウムのウェブサイト

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/waterliteracysymposium

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://waterliteracy.blogspot.jp

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2021-04-07  

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